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Close Enemies

Close Enemies

20185.91h 51mNR

Overview

Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…

Directed by David Oelhoffen
Written by David Oelhoffen, Jeanne Aptekman
Produced by Marc du Pontavice
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Top Cast

Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts

Manuel Marco

Reda Kateb

Reda Kateb

Driss, captain of the narcotics squad

Adel Bencherif

Adel Bencherif

Imrane Mogalia, aka 'Tonton'

Sofiane Zermani

Sofiane Zermani

Fouad

Sabrina Ouazani

Sabrina Ouazani

Mounia, Imrane's companion

Gwendolyn Gourvenec

Gwendolyn Gourvenec

Manon, Manuel's ex-companion

Nicolas Giraud

Nicolas Giraud

Rémi Rufo

Astrid Whettnall

Astrid Whettnall

Head of the narcotics squad

Marc Barbé

Marc Barbé

Marc, narcotics squad

Yann Goven

Yann Goven

Fernandez, narcotics squad

About Close Enemies

Close Enemies is a drama, thriller film released in 2018. Directed by David Oelhoffen, it stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Reda Kateb, Adel Bencherif. Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…

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