Drafthouse Films will release The Connection on May 15, a film probably best described as the French cousin to William Friedkin‘s classic The French Connection as it sets out to tell a story based on the same true events, only this time from the across the pond.
Set in Marseille, 1975, the story focuses on Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin), a young police magistrate with a wife and children, who’s just been transferred to help crack down on the city’s organized crime. He decides to take on the French Connection, a Mafia-run operation that exports heroin all over the world. Not paying heed to any warnings, he leads a one-man campaign against Mafia kingpin Gaëtan Zampa, the most untouchable godfather of all. But Pierre Michel soon discovers that to get results he will have to change his methods.
Cédric Jimenez directs with Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette and Benoît Magimel co-starring.
Check out the new trailer and poster directly below.
