In this explosive debut, race and class tensions come to a head when a trio of police officers in the poverty-stricken Parisian suburb of Montfermeil are tasked with returning a kidnapped lion cub to its rightful owner.
This powerfully cinematic crime drama uses the eponymous Victor Hugo novel as a blueprint for a riveting portrait of 21st-century France.
Cannes: Jury Prize
Friday Oct 11 – 8:00pm Rafael
Saturday Oct 12 – 2:15pm Sequoia
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