Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 2009
Legal Aid
Directed by
Hannelore Cayre
At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his mission but, lately, his little income and his arduous working conditions have been eroding his idealism. So, when Henry Marsac, a leading (but seemingly corrupt), professional colleague, offers him to work on bigger and more lucrative cases, he ends up accepting. Little does he know what Marsac is …
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At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his mission but, lately, his little income and his arduous working conditions have been eroding his idealism. So, when Henry Marsac, a leading (but seemingly corrupt), professional colleague, offers him to work on bigger and more lucrative cases, he ends up accepting. Little does he know what Marsac is up to...
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Cast
Roschdy ZemAntoine Lahoud
Mathias MlekuzBertrand
Sophie GuilleminGarance Leclerc
Jean-Pierre MartinsBarsamian
Jean-Philippe ÉcoffeyHenry Marsac
Brigitte VirtudesMadame Fontabrisse - la concierge
Jacky NercessianLa seconde présidente du tribunal (as Jackie Nercessian)
Jean-Claude MontheilLe juge d'instruction
Nathalie LacroixLa greffière
Pierre LondicheMaître Le Peltier Pouchard
Rodolphe Le CorreLe deuxième truand (as Rodolphe Le Cor)
Toni HristovDostom (as Toni Hristoff)
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