Summary
In the course of a drugs raid, a cop manages to lay his hands on a
large bag of cocaine. He does not know that, during the
operation, he is spotted by one of the traffickers. The result:
his son is taken hostage by a ruthless group of gangland
thugs. Vincent is given an ultimatum: if he wants to see
his son alive again he must hand over the bag of cocaine, at a
nightclub run by his gangster opponents. What ensues will be the
longest night of his life, and possibly the last...
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Credits
- Director: Frédéric Jardin
- Script: Nicolas Saada
- Photo: Tom Stern
- Music: Nicolas Errèra
- Cast: Tomer Sisley (Vincent), Joey Starr (Feydek), Julien Boisselier (Lacombe), Serge Riaboukine (Marciano), Laurent Stocker (Manuel), Samy Seghir (Thomas), Dominique Bettenfeld (Alex), Adel Bencherif (Abdel), Birol Ünel (Yilmaz), Lizzie Brocheré (Vignali), Laurent Demianoff (Passager bmw), Catalina Denis, Albert Dray, Dean Constantin Gaigani (Police officer), Jérôme Gaspard (Le trentenaire)
- Country: France / Belgium / Luxembourg
- Language: French
- Runtime: 98 min
- Aka: Sleepless Night
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