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By Hannelore CAYRE

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Thriller - Completed 2009

- Year of production
- 2009
- Genres
- Thriller
- Countries
- FRANCE
- Languages
- FRENCH
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Hannelore CAYRE
- Writer(s)
- Hannelore CAYRE
- Cast
- Roschdy ZEM, Jean-Philippe ECOFFEY, Sophie GUILLEMIN
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-A5F8-0000-S-0000-0000-R
- EIDR
- 10.5240/88E1-1385-154C-1780-2483-J
- Producer(s)
- Marc IRMER (DOLCE VITA PRODUCTIONS)
- Synopsis
- Pushing 40, Antoine Lahoud is an enthusiastic criminal defense lawyer disillusioned by his profession. He was a brilliant student and hoping to make a difference, but now finds himself trudging through a series of court-appointed cases representing petty crooks and small-time dealers. Then he gets noticed by a big-shot criminal lawyer with a shady reputation, Henry Marsac.
  Marsac takes Lahoud under his wing and onto the payroll, introducing him to a life of luxury, easy money and the kind of sensational cases he’s been dreaming of since he was sworn in.But one day, Marsac spills the beans: he didn’t take Lahoud on for his legal skills, but because of his uncanny resemblance to one of his clients, Sellem, a notorious criminal locked up for organized crime. Marsac offers him the deal: swap places with Sellem during a visit in exchange for two million euros in a Swiss bank account.