Gilles Lellouche
Greg Cerva
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Sep 17, 2021 · The Stronghold: Directed by Cédric Jimenez. With Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, François Civil, Adèle Exarchopoulos. A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
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In 2012 in Marseille, one of the cities with the highest crime rates in France, three Marseille cops, Grég Cerva (Gilles Lellouche), Antoine (François Civil), and Yass (Karim Leklou) 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-protecte...
Karim Leklou as YassineThe film was scheduled for release at the end of 2020, with the release date originally set for 25 November, then shifted by one month to 23 December. The film's first teaser came out on 18 September 2020. On 3 December 2020, a new trailer was unveiled by the distributor. But, as the health situation (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) did not improve, ...
During the press conference following the film's screening at the festival, Irish journalist Fiachra Gibbons of AFP criticized the film for its vision of the cities, accused the film of "taking sides in favor of the police against the inhabitants", and said that the film could encourage spectators "to vote for Marine Le Penin the next presidential ...
In France, the site AlloCinégave the movie an average rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on a survey of 34 French reviews. The daily newspaper 20 Minutes considered that the film “an excellent detective film that gives you great anxiety. It offers virtuoso sequences like a siege scene of rare intensity”. France Info described the film as "nervous and te...
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- Cédric Jimenez
- Hugo Sélignac, Vincent Mazel
Sep 17, 2021 · The movie centres on three detectives in Marseille's anti-crime unit (known as BAC Nord) who, under pressure from their superiors to improve arrest and drugs seizure numbers, get the chance to ...
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BAC Nord is a depressing film. We quickly sympathize with the good guys: Greg, Yass, and Antoine. They are from the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC), a police department ruled by the sameness of being a ...
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- Gilles Lellouche
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Sep 18, 2021 · 18 Sep 2021, 12:28 pm. Rating: ( 3 / 5) An official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, The Stronghold ( BAC Nord in the original French) is a gritty ‘cops and drug dealers’ film that pulls no punches in its message. But for it to have been a must-watch, it needed more to offer. Three seasoned Marseille policemen (the closest of friends ...
Sep 21, 2021 · The movie is called "The Stronghold," also known as "BAC Nord," and is based on a true story of anti-crime officers on the Marseilles police force who are charged with drug trafficking after using ...
Sep 17, 2021 · The Stronghold (aka BAC Nord) is a French crime thriller from director Cédric Jimenez. The movie arrives on Netflix today, and stars Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, and François Civil. The Stronghold is loosely based on real-life events, and tells the story of a small team of police officers operating in north Marseille, amongst some of….
