Director : Miguel CourtoisActors : Richard Berry, Elsa Zylberstein, Pascal Greggory, Bernard Le Coq, Vincent Martinez, Virginie Lanoue, Hélène Duc, Nicolas Silberg, Pascal Demolon, Pierre Aussedat, Mostefa Stiti, Didier Cauchy, Anne Loiret, Thierry HeckendornFeature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : 100% French (France) French release : 6/20/01 Runtime : 1h 55mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Ima Films Co-production : M6 FilmsFrench distribution : UIP - United International PicturesFilm export/Foreign Sales : SND / M6 DA Synopsis An impossible love that begins in hell …
Koskas, a policeman, lives alone with his nine-month old son. Léa is a drug dealer, that's what the judges said. In fact, she took the plunge out of love for her brother Samy, an irresponsible teen-age dreamer who draws angels on the school walls.
Her sacrifice was in vain. When the story begins, Léa has just come out of jail. She finds Samy hooked on drugs again and still connected to the powerful and dangerous Zach, a local gang leader whose lover she once was.
But Samy is shot by Koskas who was tailing him; he dies in his sister's arms. It was self-defense but no one was there to witness the scene. Driven by hate and revenge, Léa steals Koskas' car with the baby sleeping in the back, not knowing that this is the son of the very man who killed her brother … But in spite of the hostile relation between them, Léa and Koskas are very much attracted to each other.
Léa finally discovers the horrible truth : then either she becomes Zach's woman and kills Koskas; or she runs off with Koskas, runs to the end of night never to come back again.
The choice is between revenge or love. An impossible dilemma ... unless Samy the Angel shows her the way.
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