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2015
R
Drafthouse Films
2 h 15 m

2015
R
Drafthouse Films
2 h 15 m

Summary Real-life Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) goes on a relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection. In his crosshairs is charismatic and wealthy kingpin, Gatean "Tany" Zampa (Gilles Lellouche), who runs the largest underground heroin trade into the States....

Directed By: Cédric Jimenez

Written By: Audrey Diwan, Cédric Jimenez

2015
R
Drafthouse Films
2 h 15 m

2015
R
Drafthouse Films
2 h 15 m

The Connection

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

67

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings

7.2

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Summary Real-life Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) goes on a relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection. In his crosshairs is charismatic and wealthy kingpin, Gatean "Tany" Zampa (Gilles Lellouche), who runs the largest underground heroin trade into the States....

Directed By: Cédric Jimenez

Written By: Audrey Diwan, Cédric Jimenez

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

61% Positive
11 Reviews

39% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

61% Positive
11 Reviews

39% Mixed
7 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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San Francisco Chronicle

Jun 4, 2015

Riveting from its first moments.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Jun 4, 2015

Director Cédric Jimenez, who wrote the movie with Audrey Diwan, has created a slow burn of a movie. The action is intermittent, but a steady tension keeps things interesting.

By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings

77% Positive
10 Ratings

15% Mixed
2 Ratings

8% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings

77% Positive
10 Ratings

15% Mixed
2 Ratings

8% Negative
1 Rating

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May 13, 2015

A passable French homage to the American crime epic, The Connection has plenty of visual style to go with stock characters.

By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

May 27, 2015

A two-hour-plus cat-and-mouse game between the two heavyweight actors unfolds, and is enthusiastically filmed against a to-die-for soundtrack, detailing the exhaustive efforts on both sides to take the other down.

May 26, 2015

For all the charisma of its hero and villain, it falls down on its failure to resist cliché.

By Dan Jolin FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

May 14, 2015

Fetishizing the tired tokens of the American gangster movie, The Connection is a slickly styled, overlong pastiche. Yet its denizens have a retro glamour and the soundtrack a shameless literalness that’s rather endearing.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

May 12, 2015

It's a fleet, engrossing, familiar drama, a movie that's forever moving.

By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Gaumont, Légende Films, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Scope Pictures, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), La Wallonie, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

Release Date May 15, 2015

Duration 2 h 15 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline Marseille 1975. To stop a dangerous drug lord, you need a dangerous cop.

Website http://www.gaumont.fr/fr/film/La-french.html

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Awards

César Awards, France

• 2 Nominations

Film Club's The Lost Weekend

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Sarasota Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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