CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2009
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THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2009 2h 35m FRA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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This is excluded: its comic crime energy and caper structure are a poor fit for A Prophet's grave, psychologically grounded ascent.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Malik El Djebena, a 19-year-old French youth of Algerian descent, is sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police officers. Alone and illiterate upon his arrival, he falls under the sway of Corsican mafia, led by César Luciani, who enforces a brutal rule.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

César Luciani

Adel Bencherif

Ryad

Reda Kateb

Reda Kateb

Jordi

Jean-Philippe Ricci

Vettori

Gilles Cohen

Gilles Cohen

Prof

Leïla Bekhti

Leïla Bekhti

Djamila

Slimane Dazi

Slimane Dazi

Lattrache

Karim Leklou

Karim Leklou

Musulman couloir