Close Enemies

Close Enemies

111 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 3, 2018

Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…

Close Enemies

111 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 3, 2018

Close Enemies
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Bac Films, Versus Production, One World Films
Original title Frères ennemis
Directors David Oelhoffen
Writers Jeanne Aptekman, David Oelhoffen

Cast

Matthias Schoenaerts

as Manuel Marco

Reda Kateb

as Driss, captain of the narcotics squad

Adel Bencherif

as Imrane Mogalia, aka 'Tonton'

Sofiane Zermani

as Fouad

Sabrina Ouazani

as Mounia, Imrane's companion

Gwendolyn Gourvenec

as Manon, Manuel's ex-companion

Nicolas Giraud

as Rémi Rufo

Astrid Whettnall

as Head of the narcotics squad

Marc Barbé

as Marc, narcotics squad

Yann Goven

as Fernandez, narcotics squad

Ahmed Benaissa

as Raji, "godfather" of the estate

Omar Salim

as Nouri, Raji's man

Adem Benosmane

as Yacine, son of Imrane and Mounia

Noah Benzaquen

as Ivan

Michèle Bréant

as Gaëlle

Guillaume Verdier

as Jean-Marc Furlan

Simon Ferrante

as Carminatti

Raphaël Thiéry

as Curro Reyes

Johnny Montreuil

as Reyes man

Djemel Barek

as Father of Imran

Nadir Louatib

as Samir

Aïmen Derriachi

as Youcef

Zaire Souchi

as Zoubir

Kova Réa

as Omar

Arthur Benzaquen

as Municipal police officer

Yann Tremblay

as Biker in the shootout

Malki Attar

as Raji man

Maxime Demba

as Raji man

Pierre Gomes-Tavares

as Ikken dealer

Raphael Magnabosco

as Narcotics policeman

Djamel Lazaar

as Sergio

John Sehil

as Passer-by in the street (uncredited)