Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life.
If Les Misérables hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Both films sit with guilt and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, class and money, and life under oppression. Both move the same way too, tense, brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Like Les Misérables, this one is rooted in loss of innocence, guilt, and injustice. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, class and money, and poverty. The feel is the same: tense, brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Both films sit with guilt and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and poverty. Same energy: bleak, tense, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
