Summary
Under the cover of darkness, two men put into operation a meticulously planned
escape from their prison. To the surprise of the prison staff,
one of the men ends up back in his cell. The man is interrogated
by the head warder and the prison governor, but he refuses to say a
word about the breakout. In fact, he hasn’t spoken at all
throughout the entire time he has been incarcerated. This
incident coincides with the arrival of a new prisoner, a man who
insists he has been wrongly convicted. His anger adds to the
growing mood of rebellion that is sweeping the prison. After
committing a series of disturbances, the prisoners are punished by not
being allowed to watch a football match final. This merely fuels
the simmering resentment...
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Credits
- Director: Alain Robak
- Script: Laurent Baffie, Philippe Eineck, Jean-Marc Parisis
- Photo: Bernard Déchet
- Music: Thomas Schönberg
- Cast: Claude Brasseur (Le maton chef), Olivier Martinez (Le muet), Bernard Le Coq (Le directeur), Saïd Taghmaoui (L’innocent), Gilbert Melki (Le flic), Chick Ortega (Branleur), Moussa Maaskri (Manouche), Michel B. Dupérial (P’tit gris), Christian Zanetti (Le travelo), Stéphane Guillon (Dingo), Jean-Marie Juan (Le maton parfumé), Georges Staquet (Sanseau), Vincent Schmitt (Le maton vanneur), Hervé Rey (L’homo), Jacques Le Carpentier (Le musculo), Olivier Achard (La fine gueule), Gérard Bôle du Chaumont (Crado), Rémy Roubakha (Gameleur), Tchee (Dong Dong)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: The Slammer
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