THE STRONGHOLD
| 2021 – 104′ – Action, Thriller, Drama.
Written by: Cédric Jimenez, Audrey Diwan, Benjamin Charbit.
Directed by: Cédric Jimenez.
Starring: Gilles Lellouche, François Civil, Karim Leklou, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Michaël Abiteboul, Cyril Lecomte.
Official selection Cannes International Film Festival 2021. Seven nominations for the 47th César Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
In French with English subtitles.
A Netflix release. |
In 2012 in Marseille, one of the cities with the highest crime rates in France, three Marseille cops hustle day and night to catch drug peddlers. Greg wants to bust the distribution center in the northern neighborhoods of the city. However, the area is a well-protected stronghold run by kingpins who will kill anyone to protect their turf.