Close Enemies
(Frères Ennemis)
Year: 2018
Country:
FRANCE
Language:
French
Run Time:
111 minutes
Although Driss and Manu grew up in the same tight-knit Moroccan/Algerian community in Paris, their lives have taken completely opposite paths. While Driss has made a name for himself as a narcotics officer, Manu, along with the rest of their childhood crew, has thrived in a life of street crime. Not surprisingly, Driss’s choice of career has isolated him from the rest of the group, who have written him off as a traitor and a rat. But after two of their own are gunned down in a deal gone wrong, Driss and Manu must put their pasts behind them and work together for survival. As the violence intensifies, suspicion between cousins, friends, and neighbors grows to the point where no one can be trusted. Packed with emotion, suspense, and plot twists, CLOSE ENEMIES is a gritty crime drama that puts brotherly bonds to the ultimate test. (In French with subtitles) —G.S.
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Director
David Oelhoffen
French film director and screenwriter, David Oelhoffen was born in 1968. His debut feature “In Your Wake,” premiered in the International Critics' Week of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. His film, “Far from Men,” (which is based on the short story, The Guest, by French writer Albert Camus and stars Viggo Mortensen) played at the 71st Venice International Film Festival where it won three awards.
Filmography
Far from Men (2014), CLOSE ENEMIES (2018)
Producer
Marc Du Pontavice
Screenwriting
David Oelhoffen
Cinematography
Guillaume Deffontaines
Editing
Anne-Sophie Bion
Principal Cast
Matthias Schoenaerts, Reda Kateb
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