Release Date

02 Nov, 2000

Runtime

01:26: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

1995. On the outskirts of Abidjan, the largest city in Ivory Coast, a policeman is murdered. Shot outside his vehicle, while his fiancée sits in the car, terrified. Superintendent Kouassi is the detective in charge of the investigation. Tall and lanky, he moves with the tired energy of a man who has seen it all. Drawing on a network of underworld characters with dubious information, Kouassi’s team begins bringing in potential suspects and subjecting them to horrific brutality: beating them with sticks, hanging them upside-down, threatening their lives. Some of the men are left so broken they have to literally drag themselves into Kouassi’s office later, to be interrogated while lying on the floor, their bodies a mess of bruises, broken bones, and lacerations.

Original Title

Un crime à Abidjan

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Actors

Crew

Jean-Pierre Bloc

Mosco Boucault

Dominique Alisé

Michel Kharat

Béatrice Wick

Paul Rozenberg

Philippe Vuarnesson

Laurent Dreyer

Olivier Chesnau

Fabienne Landsperger

Sonia Cagnolari

Pierre Choukroun

Enzo Gallo

Pascal Bousquet