France,
2011, 135 min
Directed by:
Mathieu KassovitzCinematography:
Marc KoninckxComposer:
Klaus BadeltCast:
Mathieu Kassovitz, Sylvie Testud, Philippe Torreton, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger, Christophe Rossignon, Iabe Lapacas, Vincent Heneine (more)Plots(1)
A searing and full-bodied political epic in which director/writer/producer/editor and star Mathieu Kassovitz turns his focus to an incident that occurred in 1988 in the French colony of New Caledonia. Philippe Legorjus is an elite counter-terrorism captain flown in with 300 men when a group of indigenous Kanak separatists take 30 French police hostage. The rebels demand independence, and the captain has 10 days to negotiate. But with the army treating the crisis as a war on hostile soil, and an election in France rapidly approaching, Legorjus is confronted with a situation that will push his own morality to the brink. (Jump Street Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
César Awards
- 2012 - Benoît Jaubert, Mathieu Kassovitz, Pierre Geller (Best Adaptation)