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Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-establish order. 2 men confront each other: Philippe Legorjus, chief of the terrorist squad, and Alphonse Dianou, head of the kidnappers. Through their shared values, they will attempt to make discussion triumph. But, in the middle of a presidential election, when the stakes are political, order isn't always dictated by morality. A violent and troubling epic that marks the return of Mathieu Kassovitz in front and behind the camera.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
114 audience votes
Key crew
- Benoît JaubertScreenplay
- Mathieu KassovitzDirector
- Pierre GellerScreenplay
- Mathieu KassovitzScreenplay
- Serge FrydmanScreenplay
- Klaus BadeltOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mathieu KassovitzPhilippe Legorjus
- Iabe LapacasAlphonse Dianou
- Malik ZidiJP Perrot
- Alexandre SteigerJean Bianconi
- Daniel MartinBernard Pons
- Philippe TorretonChristian Prouteau
- Sylvie TestudChantal Legorjus
- Jean-Philippe PuymartinGénéral de Gendarmerie Jérôme
- Steeve UneSamy
- Patrick FierryColonel de l'armée Dubut
- Philippe de Jacquelin DulphéGénéral de brigade Vidal
- Stefan GodinLieutenant Colonel de Gendarmerie Benson