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Completed - FRENCH - Action/Adventure, Drama - 105 minutes

Log Line

Two friends on opposite paths, in a city with two distinct faces…

Previous markets

  • AFM 2009 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Line up)
  • FILMART 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Xavier RUIZ
Writer(s) : Nicholas CUTHBERT
Cast : Carlos LEAL, Laurent LUCAS, Chloe COULLOUD

Producer(s) : Karen DIETRICH

Synopsis

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
POPULATION 500, 000
180 NATIONALITIES
WORLDWIDE CENTER FOR DIPLOMACY AND COOPERATION, REFERRED TO AS THE “PEACE CAPITAL”
1000 BILLION EUROS IN ITS BANKS
AND…
1 KG OF HEROIN, 3 KG OF COCAINE, 5 KG OF HASHISH CONSUMED DAILY
1 PROSTITUTE PER 30 INHABITANTS
1 FIRE ARM FOR EVERY 2 INHABITANTS
Against this backdrop three people, a cop, an ex-con, and a teenage girl find their lives inextricably intertwined… Following his divorce, Alex Decker (Laurent Lucas), a seasoned SWAT officer, struggles to gain the affection of his rebellious teenage daughter Lou (Chloe Coulloud). Victor Preiswerk (Carlos Leal), both his former partner and life-long friend, re-enters Alex’s life upon his release from prison - it was Alex who put him behind bars. The two men settle for a fragile truce until Victor’s involvement with a violent criminal underworld stirs Alex’s sense of duty, and reminds him why Victor was imprisoned to begin with. But discovering a relationship between his ex-wife and Victor, as well as the former con’s unusually protective concerns for Lou, takes Alex to a place that confuses and frightens him, as he prepares to confront a disturbing truth that he has managed to suppress for way too many years. Two friends on opposite paths, in a city with two distinct faces…

Production

Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND


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