Rue barbare (1984)
Directed by Gilles Béhat

Drama
aka: Barbarous Street

Film Synopsis

Once a member of a street gang, Daniel Chetman now leads an honest and peaceful life.  One evening, he comes to the aid of a Chinese girl who has been raped by Matt Hagen, the leader of his former gang.  Matt tries to pass himself off as a respectable businessman but his gang is more powerful than it has ever been and runs the street with violence and terror.  Chet has a choice: to move away from the area, as his wife and friends want him to, or stay and refuse to be intimidated by Hagen...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gilles Béhat
  • Script: Gilles Béhat, David Goodis (novel), Jean Herman
  • Cinematographer: Jean-François Robin
  • Music: Bernard Lavilliers
  • Cast: Bernard Giraudeau (Daniel Chetman), Christine Boisson (Emma-la-Rouge), Jean-Pierre Kalfon (Paul Chetman), Michel Auclair (Georges Chetman), Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (Mathias Hagen), Corinne Dacla (Édith Chetman), Nathalie Courval (Carla Chetman), Jean-Pierre Sentier (Yougo), Pierre Frag (Benvenuto Temporini), Myriam Salvodi (Tillie), Hakim Ghanem (Lobo, un jeune loubard), Marc de Jonge (Jo, un sbire de Hagen), Camille Béranger (Un enfant de la zone), Thierry Carpentier (Un enfant de la zone), Thierry Ngo (Un enfant de la zone), Jean-Claude Van Damme (Extra in Police Arrival Sequence), Christian Delangre, Harry Cleven, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dang Van Bi
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Aka: Barbarous Street ; Street of the Damned

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