Mentale, La (2002)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Manuel Boursinhac

Writers:

Bibi Naceri (original idea)
Bibi Naceri (scenario and dialogue) ...

Release Date:

23 October 2002 (France)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller | Drama

Plot:

Dris (Samuel Le Bihan) is an ex-con, living in the borderline between a decent and a criminal life....

Plot Keywords:

Nose Bleed | Paris | Arabic | Crime Boss | Ethnic

Cast

Samuel Le Bihan	...	Dris
Samy Naceri	...	Yanis
Clotilde Courau	...	Nina
Marie Guillard	...	Lise
Michel Duchaussoy	...	Fèche
Philippe Nahon	...	Simon
Francis Renaud	...	Niglo
Lucien Jean-Baptiste	...	Foued
Bibi Naceri	...	Rouquin
David Saracino	...	Mel
Adrien Saint-Joré	...	José
Frédéric Pellegeay	...	Grib
Jean-Pierre Lazzerini	...	Henry
Stéphane Ferrara	...	Prosper
Thierry Perkins-Lyautey	...	Marco

Also Known As:

The Code (International: English title)
Código del silencio, El (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Kodex, Der (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Kunnian verinen hinta (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
The Code - elä tai kuole! (Finland) (video title) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

116 min | Germany:102 min (DVD version) | Argentina:106 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13

Company:

Légende Entreprises

Soundtrack:

Je te promets

Another Great French Crime Movie

Dris (Samuel Le Bihan) is an ex-con, living in the borderline between a decent and a criminal life. He has a regular and simple work and lives a simple life with his wife Lise (Marie Guillard) and loves his family. However, his childhood friends from his Arab community, including his best friend Yanis (Samy Naceri), are mobsters and his brother is a small time delinquent. Yanis tries to bring Dris back to his gang, and uses his former lover Nina (Clotilde Courau) to seduce him, taking him to expensive places to feel the importance of big money. Dris fights against the temptation, but an event will route him back to Yanis' gang and in a fight between gangs with tragic consequences for the whole community. "La Mentale" is another great French crime movie. The story is excellent, the performance of the whole cast is great and the music score is wonderful. The excellent French cinema is showing excellent thrillers, crime and horror movies. I do not understand the purpose or reason of some unfair reviews I glanced in IMDb. Probably these viewers intended to watch a Walt Disney cartoon, or maybe a French romance (they usually are excellent) and saw "La Mentale" by accident, because it is indeed an excellent mob movie. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "O Último Favor" ("The Last Favor")