Stoical and highly observant, Stephane becomes our entry point to a place that feels much closer to HBO’s Deadwood than to a town located only an hour east of the Eiffel Tower.
The team consists of veteran squad leader Chris (Manenti), aka “the Pink Pig,” a crooked trash-talking cop who operates outside the law to get the job done Gwada (Djebril Zonga), a more guarded local who follows Chris’ orders without much argument and newbie Stephane (Damien Bonnard) aka “Greaser,” who’s been transferred over from Cherbourg, in Normandy, in order to be closer to his son. (Ly previously made a Cesar-nominated short with the same subject, cast and title.)
#Les miserables full movie youtube tv#
With enough characters to fill an entire TV series, but a plot that’s streamlined for a regular feature, most of Les Miserables (which was written by Ly, Giordano Gederlini and co-star Alexis Manenti) takes place in a single day, following the travails of a three-man crime unit patrolling Montfermeil’s perilous streets and housing projects. Heavy-handed and predictable in spots, yet engrossing and provocative in others, it’s an impressive if somewhat unruly debut that could play big at home and find takers abroad, where comparisons to banlieue flicks like La Haine and Dheepan are likely.
0 kommentar(er)
