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Synopsis: After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Gang Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Olivier Marchal
Production: The Weinstein Company
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
R
Year:
2011
102 min
193 Views


Then why isn't he here with us?

How many years has it been?

I forget.

I know you're mad at me.

You're wrong.

I never squealed.

When I tried to warn you

it was too late,

cops had nabbed Dany and Christo,

surrounded the camp.

Why'd you never contact me?

What for?

You had Christo and Serge's daughter

killed, why?

Your buddy buttfucked me.

When I sit on something hard,

I think of him.

If you hadn't been so dumb

as to bust him out of jail,

Christo and Lilou'd be alive.

I'd still be in business

with Zerbib,

and you'd be in tight

with your wife.

It was too simple for you.

You had to flash

your big gypsy balls.

On behalf of holy male friendship.

All for a sh*t,

who doesn't deserve

a pauper's grave.

Why do all that for that prick?

As you said:
holy male friendship.

Dammit!

to be my go-between

with the Grenoble boys,

and he screwed me!

Did he ever screw me!

Nobody screws me, Momon!

I can't let him get away with it.

And that's not on!

You came for nothing, Edmond.

Until you give me

that bastard Suttel's hideout,

I'll keep looking for it...

Even if it harms your near and dear.

This...

is 95% pure.

Gives you a hard-on

like a 20-year old.

A man with a hard dick

is a dangerous man.

Your Greek pal

got rubbed out in Spain.

We got a fax this morning.

He wasn't my pal.

The Greek and Christo dead:

not much of the Lyons gang left.

Just Suttel, Danny and you.

Want a coffee?

Sure.

Here, read it.

What's this ass-paper?

Your pal Serge's statement.

He was the squealer.

We never told you:

we cut a deal with him.

He informed us from jail

of the heists being set up.

When he got out,

we "forgave" his dope deals.

Until he screwed us

and killed 2 guards

in an armored-van stickup.

Serge isn't a rat,

I don't believe you.

You saw the interrogations? No.

I did.

The cops were so rough,

one committed suicide later.

Never got over it.

Anyone would have ratted.

For the Greek,

we'll tell the Spaniards

Zerbib's gang did it.

We'll call it mob revenge.

For the rest, it's give and take.

Give me your pal's hideout,

and you're free.

With a clean slate,

Janou'll take you back,

and you go home with her.

None of us rat:

there's nothing to rat about.

One can be wrong

about one's friends. Even you.

The Court sentences Edmond Vidal

to 10 years imprisonment.

Jean-Pierre Vadeboeuf, aka Christo,

to 10 years imprisonment,

Danny Devedjian to 7 years,

Serge Suttel

to 5 years' imprisonment,

Jeanne Santoro, Vidal's wife,

to 5 years, with 2 suspended.

Serge!

You OK?

Fine.

Got my papers?

Passport, driver's license,

credit cards.

Thanks.

How's Lucas?

Don't worry. He's in good hands.

There's one bullet in the mag.

Make good use of it.

What does that mean?

You've been a rat for 35 years.

Try to end up

like the hood you once were.

Edmond Vidal is now 66.

He still lives in Lyons with Janou,

They have 3 kids

and 8 grandchildren.

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Olivier Marchal

Olivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards (best director, best film and best writing) for his film 36 Quai des Orfèvres. He also created the popular French television police drama Braquo and wrote and directed some episodes in its first season (2009). more…

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