Synopsis
Bruno, big-hearted tough guy, Jean, his childhood friend and Djamila, daughter of immigrants, all grew up on a housing estate. Djamila is married to Bruno, her handsome Frenchman. Jean is a cop. Bruno has just started a bus driving job, but his life goes into a spin when he's attacked by a gang of youths from a neighboring estate. One slash of a knife and Bruno's life and future are at stake. Despite Jean's friendship and Djamila's love, Bruno withdraws into himself, hanging out in the bar he'd go to when he was a kid and which has now become a meeting place for a right wing group. His desire to find his attacker becomes an obsession and risks destroying everything around him…
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (21)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
- Co-productions : France 3 Cinéma, Les Films Alain Sarde
- French distribution : Les Films du Paradoxe
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Yvon Davis
- Screenwriters : Bernard Dumont, Sylvie Bailly
- Director of Photography : Pierre Milon
- Music Composer : Érik Truffaz
- Assistant directors : Vincent Alexandre, Sébastien Matuchet
- Editor : Mariette Levy-Novion
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Claude Brisson
- Costume designer : Patricia Dubois
- Assistant Operator : Catherine Pujol
- Production manager : Nadia Belali
- Press Attaché (film) : Robert Schlockoff
- Sound Editor : Franco Piscopo
- Continuity supervisor : Isabelle Le Grix
- Production Designer : Alain Tenenbaum
- Casting : Antoine Carrard
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel De Boissieu
- Location Manager : Luc Tissot
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 2000