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BLACK by Pierre Laffargue, France, 2009, Action, 115 minutes
Black, a Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France, is getting over a disastrous heist in which he lost nearly all of his men. He’s seriously thinking of going straight when his cousin Lamine calls him from Dakar: a briefcase full of contraband diamonds has just been deposited in the bank where he works. Thinking this will be an unbelievably easy coup, Black assembles a new gang and quickly flies to Africa, where he’s never set foot. What they haven’t planned, however, is that they are far from being the only ones interested in that briefcase. The corrupt director of the bank, an arm dealer suffering from suppurating psoriasis, a gang of mercenaries from Chechnya and an Interpol agent are also set to get their hands on those diamonds. With a funky soundtrack, BLACK delivers a heist film filled with action and peppered with comedy and mysticism.
Starring MC Jean Gab’1, Carole Karemera, François Levantal and Anton Yakovlev
Festivals; SXSW Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Fest, Seattle International Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festiva, London Fright Fest
Award: Best American or European film, Fantasia International Film Festival
The DVD is Region 1, includes English subtitles, as well as special features. Recycled cardboard and plastic digipack with booklet, in compostable plastic wrapping.
BLACK by Pierre Laffargue, France, 2009, Action, 115 minutes
Black, a Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France, is getting over a disastrous heist in which he lost nearly all of his men. He’s seriously thinking of going straight when his cousin Lamine calls him from Dakar: a briefcase full of contraband diamonds has just been deposited in the bank where he works. Thinking this will be an unbelievably easy coup, Black assembles a new gang and quickly flies to Africa, where he’s never set foot. What they haven’t planned, however, is that they are far from being the only ones interested in that briefcase. The corrupt director of the bank, an arm dealer suffering from suppurating psoriasis, a gang of mercenaries from Chechnya and an Interpol agent are also set to get their hands on those diamonds. With a funky soundtrack, BLACK delivers a heist film filled with action and peppered with comedy and mysticism.
Starring MC Jean Gab’1, Carole Karemera, François Levantal and Anton Yakovlev
Festivals; SXSW Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Fest, Seattle International Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festiva, London Fright Fest
Award: Best American or European film, Fantasia International Film Festival
The DVD is Region 1, includes English subtitles, as well as special features. Recycled cardboard and plastic digipack with booklet, in compostable plastic wrapping.
