A Gang Story

A Gang Story

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 10, 2011

After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.

A Gang Story

102 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 10, 2011

A Gang Story
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma, LGM Productions
Original title Les Lyonnais
Directors Olivier Marchal
Writers Edmond Vidal, Edgar Marie, Olivier Marchal

Cast

Gérard Lanvin

as Momon Vidal

Tchéky Karyo

as Serge Suttel

Daniel Duval

as Christo

Dimitri Storoge

as Momon Vidal jeune

Patrick Catalifo

as Commissaire Max Brauner

François Levantal

as Joan Chavez

Francis Renaud

as Brandon

Lionnel Astier

as Dany Devedjian

Valéria Cavalli

as Janou

Estelle Skornik

as Lilou Suttel

Etienne Chicot

as Nick "Le Grec"

Olivier Chantreau

as Suttel jeune

Stéphane Caillard

as Janou jeune

Florent Bigot de Nesles

as Nick Le Grec jeune

Simon Astier

as Dany Devedjian jeune

Olivier Rabourdin

as Charles Bastiani

Laurent Fernandez

as Zerbib

Pasquale D'Inca

as Robert Mangin

Caroline Derrien

as Une petite amie