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The Connection

The Connection

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 3, 2014

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Thriller, Crime, Action

User Score

71%

Original Title

La French

Production Companies

Gaumont, SCOPE Pictures, Légende Films

Director

Cédric Jimenez

Budget

$26,000,000

Description

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.