SIFF 2015: Methodical and passionate, ‘The Connection’ celebrates smart crime-dramas
‘The Connection’ masterfully mixes police procedurals, gangster sagas, and chain smoking into a riveting crime drama.
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Tokyo 2014: ‘The Connection’ tells the European side of events of the infamous drug operation
Not to be confused with the 1971 classic The French Connection starring Gene Hackman, director Cedric Jimenez’s second feature The Connection essentially tells the European side of events of the infamous drug operation. Academy Award-winner Jean Dujardin leads a strong cast as Pierre Michel, a magistrate stationed in Marseille, determined to cut off the supply chain but unaware of how high up corruption from the local Corsican mob has spread up the political food chain.