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The Connection (2014)
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Original name: La French
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, noir, rough, neo noir, captivating, hood, powerful, realistic
Plot:
organized crime, judge, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, gang, violence, corruption, husband wife relationship, justice, spy, ghetto, drug crime, gangster, drug cartel, drug trade, law enforcement, fighting crime, violent content, prison, drug addict, police, investigation, motorcycle, death, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2014, 20th century, year 1975, year 1981
Place:
marseille, france, new york, usa, united states of america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Time:
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