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The Code

The Code

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 22, 2002

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Drama, Action, Thriller

User Score

49%

Original Title

La Mentale

Director

Manuel Boursinhac

Description

Dris is an ex-con, living in the borderline between a decent and a criminal life. He has a regular and simple work and lives a simple life with his wife Lise and loves his family. However, his childhood friends from his Arab community, including his best friend Yanis, are mobsters and his brother is a small time delinquent. Yanis tries to bring Dris back to his gang, and uses his former lover Nina to seduce him, taking him to expensive places to feel the importance of big money. Dris fights against the temptation, but an event will route him back to Yanis' gang and in a fight between gangs with tragic consequences for the whole community.