CLOSE ENEMIES
synopsis
Born and raised in a suburb ridden by drug trafficking, Driss and Manuel were like brothers. As adults, they have gone down exactly the opposite path: Manuel chose to embrace this thug life, while Driss completely rejected it and became a cop.When Manuel’s biggest deal goes terribly wrong, the two men meet again and come to realize they both need each other to survive in their worlds. Between betrayals and resentments, and despite their hatred, they renew deep ties around the one thing they have left in common: their visceral commitment to the place of their childhood.
international title: | Close Enemies |
original title: | Frères ennemis |
country: | France, Belgium |
sales agent: | BAC Films |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | David Oelhoffen |
film run: | 111' |
release date: | FR 3/10/2018, BE 3/10/2018, GR 11/10/2018, IT 28/03/2019, ES 14/06/2019 |
screenplay: | David Oelhoffen, Jeanne Aptekman |
cast: | Matthias Schoenaerts, Reda Kateb, Adel Bencherif, Nicolas Giraud, Fianso, Sabrina Ouazani, Gwendolyn Gourvenec, Marc Barbé, Yann Goven, John Sehil |
cinematography by: | Guillaume Deffontaines |
film editing: | Anne-Sophie Bion |
art director: | Stéphane Taillasson |
costumes designer: | Anne-Sophie Gledhill |
producer: | Marc Du Pontavice, Margaux Balsan |
production: | One World Films, Versus Production |
backing: | OCS (FR), Région Ile-de-France (FR), Sofica SofiTVciné (FR), Cofimage (FR) |
distributor: | BAC Films, O'Brother Distribution, Spentzos Film, Europictures, La Aventura |