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Tired of the small-time grind, three Marseille cops get a chance to bust a major drug network. But lines blur when a key informant makes a big ask.


“Marseille 1975. To stop a dangerous drug lord, you need a dangerous cop.”
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

Jean Dujardin
Judge Pierre Michel

Gilles Lellouche
Gaëtan 'Tany' Zampa

Céline Sallette
Jacqueline Michel

Mélanie Doutey
Christiane Zampa

Benoît Magimel
'Le Fou'

Guillaume Gouix
Inspector José Alvarez

Bruno Todeschini
'Le Banquier'

Féodor Atkine
Gaston Deferre

Moussa Maaskri
Franky Manzoni

Pierre Lopez
Jean Paci
The Connection is a thriller, crime, action film released in 2014 exploring themes of judge, drug trafficking, marseille, france, drug trade, drug ring. Directed by Cédric Jimenez, it stars Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette. Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.
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