It feels great to see the French cinema industry give birth to such a movie.
It's the kind of movie I'd have so many things to say about that it would just be too long to describe here and incredibly unsatisfactory, as I wouldn't be able to express it in the true sense.
It's got something of Scarface (the ascent of a nobody in the crime hierarchy) & The Godfather (the lamb becoming a lion). I don't think this is exagerated.
Filmed close to the people, you can't help but to root for the main character, as the misery surrounding him make all those "bad" choices he makes pretty much the only ones to survive. Also, by not glorifying the violence in anyway, it doesn't promote the way of life either. Anyone willing to go to prison after this would be truly out of his mind...
Visually, narratively, emotionnally, it's so rich & layered it just made my head spin. And the tension throughout is incredible.
Brilliantly told, brilliantly acted, it's quite simply the best "polar" (something close to crime fiction) I've seen since 36 Quai des Orfevres.
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