De l'autre côté du périph (2012)
Directed by David Charhon

Comedy
aka: On the Other Side of the Freeway

Film Synopsis

Early one morning in Bobigny, in the northern suburbs of Paris, the body of a dead woman is found near to an illicit gambling joint.  The dead woman is Eponine Chaligny, the wife of Jean-Éric Chaligny, an influential French businessman.  The murder has taken place at a time of severe social unrest in France, and this is reflected in the two contrasting individuals who are assigned to investigate the crime: local cop Ousmane Diakité and Parisian police chief François Monge, two people who inhabit very different worlds...
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Film Credits

  • Director: David Charhon
  • Script: Eric Altmeyer, Nicolas Altmeyer, David Charhon, Alexis Dolivet (dialogue), Remy Four, Laurent Lafitte (dialogue), Julien War
  • Cinematographer: Alain Duplantier
  • Music: Ryan Lott
  • Cast: Omar Sy (Ousmane Diakhité), Laurent Lafitte (François Monge), Sabrina Ouazani (Yasmine), Lionel Abelanski (Daniel Cardinet), Youssef Hajdi (Giovanni), Maxime Motte (Van Gogh), Léo Léothier (Gérard), André Marcon (Chaligny), Zabou Breitman (Commissaire Morland), Patrick Bonnel (Balard), Roch Leibovici (Patrick), Rebecca Azan (Laurence), Tchewk Essafi (Samir), Patrick Kodjo Topou (Tyson), Samuel Goreini (Sam), Zohra Benali (Mme Beyoud), Mahamadou Sangaré (Yves), Xavier Lemaître (Lionel), Claudine Delvaux (La concierge), Laurent Berthet (Gilles Lagache)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Aka: On the Other Side of the Freeway

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