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when you were gambling!

- I won't go through that again!

- You're delirious.

- You play with your life now!

- OK, we're not understanding each other.

- Aren't you putting your life in danger?

- I don't want Zampa to...

There it is! "Zampa"! "Zampa"!

That's all you talk about! You're obsessed!

You realize we don't see each

other anymore? We don't f*** anymore?

I know you!

You just wanna win the game so badly!

- It's not the same!

- Yes it is!

Look what the f*** is going on out there!

All the drug! All the junkies!

- I'm thinking about our daughters!

- I sure hope so!

If something should happen to you,

what will I tell them?

Are you gonna go then?

I feel alone, Pierre.

I'm tired of feeling alone.

That must be why you think

only about yourself.

Hey! What's with Ange and Zampa?

I don't know

- The hell you don't know!

- Ok, spit it out.

- A gang inside the police.

We call 'em "The Corsican Unit"

cause they're all from there.

Not here, please.

They infiltrated into PJ,

the urban security and narcotics...

Mostly the narcotics.

Ange is their boss.

Yes, he's an a**hole...

...and he fucks up all the operations.

I'm sure he alerted Zampa about

us moving on Peretti.

We'll never find out anything,

we're constantly fooled around.

A boss for them as well!

When we got Madman,

Zampa knew you were coming.

He used you.

He used you to get Madman.

The Corsicans, what do they get

in exchange for that?

You are some character, aren't you?

- Money.

- OK, money, but what...

A LOT of money.

The Corsicans are associated with

The French in the drug production.

I'm sorry for having to tell you this.

How do I know you're not with them too?

Look at here.

Ange did it to me the day

I refused to join them.

That could be anything.

Yes, that's right, it could be anything.

I've been asking to be

transferred for 3 years now,

go ahead and check that out if you want.

Give it up, judge.

This goes too high.

What you mean "too high"?

Go on!

Do you know where Minassian's

brother is working?

Yes?

- Michel, what can I do for you?

- What do you know about "The Armenian"?

Who?

The Armenian, the drug dealer!

Rings a bell?

Lower your voice here!

Minassian,

just like the guy in the next office!

- I got nothing to tell you, get out.

- Shall I have the city hall searched?

Who do you think you're talking to, Michel?

I've been mayor of Marseilles for 25 years

and you are going too far here.

You can't take me off this case.

The mayor has decided.

He wants a public announce for tomorrow.

- OK, then I'll call the press.

- You do nothing!

I'm gonna tell the press that

the whole city is rotten.

This time, just one flick

and I'll have you transferred!

You're leaving me alone then?

I have a life, Pierre.

Dear?

I'M GONE, IT'S BEST FOR US.

GIRLS ARE OK, A HUG.

Marie, it's Pierre.

Pass me Jaqueline please.

She's not here.

I know she's there, put her on.

Pierre.

- Put her on, I told you.

- Can't you give her some time?

- I'll look after her for.

- Please, Marie, let me talk to her now!

You know, you should...

I told you to put her on, goddammit!

Put her on, sh*t!

B*tch!

Please, I need to talk to her.

OK, Pierre.

Hello?

Pierre?

Hello.

What's going on?

Calm down.

What happened?

Answer me, tell me something.

I'm sorry.

Come back.

I need you, I swear.

I'm tired.

I'm so tired of being afraid.

I'm afraid all the time.

Good evening, Marseilles!

How are you?

Has it been a long wait?

Here we are! The opening of

the Krypton, the biggest disco in France!

DJ, music!

- Where's Tany?

- I don't know.

What you're doing here?

- Successful, isn't? Are you happy?

- Yes.

Come, all your friends are there.

No, not all of them.

Imagine Franky and Robert

how happy would have been here tonight.

You're good, my son.

F. Mitterrand's campaign is kicking off.

Mitterrand was in Gaston Defferre's town...

We can bring the left together

and we will bring French people together!

Today, Sunday May 10, 1981,

we are living a decisive moment

in the presidential elections.

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Francois Mitterrand is the new

President of the Republic!

The people elected the first socialist

president in 23 years.

- Mitterrand won!

- Who the hell cares?

And now, the new minister for

internal affairs, Gaston Defferre.

We proposed a dynamic program

tended to progress and change.

A real change and an achievable change.

A deep change.

How's a going, Minassian?

- Are you loading at 6 pm?

- Yes.

- OK, be careful.

- I'll call when I get there.

No one's answering.

Call back.

Again?

That's not right, why the hell

the driver is taking so long?

Still nothing.

I don't like it one bit!

What's this sh*t?

Hey!

What is this, the Palace?

Do I pay you to play this sh*t?

Stop this thing!

Hello?

Pierre, it's John Cusack.

Yes, good morning.

Sorry to disturb you,

I called the palace and...

I'm home now.

I need your help...

we made a big seizure in New York.

I gave up that case a long time ago...

Bullshit, no one knows them

better than you.

We arrested the driver... he was carrying

the heroin inside a paella truck.

He gave us the name of his contact.

It's Minassian.

- Pierre...

- Yes, I'm here.

So, what do you say?

- I'll think about it.

- Make it quick.

OK, thanks. Goodbye.

You do what you have to do.

My love.

- 92 francs, please.

- Keep the change, bye.

Have a seat.

Since when I got here, I started

drinking tea like an old lady.

Do you miss Marseilles?

The sun, yes...

the city, no.

- Lemon?

- No, thanks.

I must say your phone call surprised me.

What brings you here?

I've listened to your speech,

the night you were elected.

A lot about "change"...

...a word I'm interested in.

Get to the point, Michel...

what do you have for me?

Big titles, about a minister who doesn't

back down in front of anything.

I'm becoming interested in you,

my little Pierre.

- Go on.

- The DEA has got a concrete lead.

I want back the French Connection case.

I've put together a special unit,

officially you will be in training.

Training for what?

Criminology, marathon,

sewing, doesn't matter.

We're tailing Minassian and

we've put up a clandestine office.

How did you get Defferre

to agree with this?

He turned tables well before I arrived.

When he was elected minister,

you know what he did first?

No.

He transferred Minassian's brother.

I call it a clear message.

- More wine?

- Yes, thanks.

Now that he's the first cop in France,

he transfers friends.

- You did this by yourself?

- Yes, my wife went out.

What, you wanna marry me?

No, no, thanks anyway.

Minassian!

You came all the way from America

to tell me this?

You see

I convinced him to give

you one last chance.

Lower your prices.

Last chance.

For me?

What do you wanna do?

Make war with Santo?

I can take down 5% on the next deliver.

15%.

Tell them to stop cleaning.

10%.

It's 15 or nothing.

Did you tell him to f*** himself,

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