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The Connection
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A French magistrate is tasked with leading an investigative team in Marseille during the 1970s, determined to dismantle the city's powerful heroin trade network run by a charismatic kingpin. The operation faces immense challenges from a deeply entrenched criminal system and widespread police corruption, portraying the long and difficult fight to bring down the drug empire.
Details
- Director
- Cédric Jimenez
- Writers
- Audrey Diwan, Cédric Jimenez
- Studio
- Gaumont, SCOPE Pictures, Légende Films, France 2 Cinéma
- Released
- 3 December 2014
- Country
- Belgium, France
- Language
- French, Italian, English
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $26.0M
- Box office
- $12.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 3 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 win from 4 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| César Awards 2014 | Best Production Design | Jean-Philippe Moreaux | Nominee |
| César Awards 2014 | Best Costume Design | Carine Sarfati | Nominee |
| Lumière Awards 2014 | Best Screenplay | Audrey Diwan and Cédric Jimenez | Nominee |
| Sarasota Film Festival 2014 | Audience Award - World Cinema | Winner |
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×| Best Costume Design | Carine Sarfati | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Jean-Philippe Moreaux | Nominee |
| Audience Award - World Cinema | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Audrey Diwan and Cédric Jimenez | Nominee |