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Hell Train

Hell Train

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 9, 1985

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Crime, Drama

User Score

54%

Original Title

Train d'Enfer

Production Companies

Canal+, Hachette Première, Fox-Hachette

Director

Roger Hanin

Description

Hell Train is a French film based on a true story. One evening at a ball in a small town, a fight breaks out in an atmosphere tinged with racism. Three of the ringleaders end up at the police station. The next day, November 14, 1983, on the Bordeaux-Ventimiglia train, the three men who were candidates for enlistment in the Foreign Legion beat Habib Grimzi, a 26-year-old Algerian, before throwing him out of a window. A young woman, who witnessed the murder, alerted the police. The investigation begins in a climate of extreme tension. In the city, provocations and attacks are increasing...