Le nouveau protocole (2008)

Director:

Thomas Vincent

Writers:

Éric Besnard (writer)
Thomas Vincent (writer)

Release Date:

19 March 2008 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A man investigating his son's death learns some horrific truths about the pharmaceutical industry. |

Plot Keywords:

Pharmaceutical Industry

Cast

Clovis Cornillac	...	Raoul Kraft
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Diane
Dominique Reymond	...	Louise Verneuil
Stéphane Hillel	...	Pleynel
Gilles Cohen	...	William
Xavier Boulanger	...	Le contremaître
Frédéric Bocquet	...	L'employé de la morgue
Suzanne Wognin	...	Employée de l'hôpital
Carole Richert	...	Mère de Franck
Jeannel	...	Le beau père de Franck
Philippe Ohrel	...	Expert d'assurance
Ysmahane Yaqini	...	Hôtesse Nextys
Anne Baudoux	...	Assistante de Pleynel
Leila Feravet	...	L'attachée de presse Hexalor
Philippe Fléchaire	...	Présentateur
Abdel Kader Dahou	...	Agent de sécurité
Eric Vincent	...	Agent de sécurité
Oumar Diaoure	...	Policier en civil
Emmanuel Lanzi	...	Policier en civil
François Meyer	...	L'employé du crématorium
Jean-Philippe Meyer	...	Le garagiste
Amandine Pudlo	...	Altermondialiste
Fabrice Bénard	...	Altermondialiste
Stéphane Brizé	...	Gilbert Vasseur
Daniel Bill	...	Rudi
Ian Turiak	...	Secrétaire de Verneuil
Donna Flandrin	...	La conférencière
Rycharde Everley	...	Doctor
Frédéric Damiron	...	Le medecin du Sahel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sonia Jean-Baptiste	...	Congressiste
Camille Landru-Girardet	...	Rémi
David Clark	...	American Journalist (uncredited)

Directed by
Thomas Vincent

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Éric Besnard		writer
Thomas Vincent		writer

Produced by
Eric Altmeyer	....	producer
Nicolas Altmeyer	....	producer

Original Music by
Krishna Levy

Cinematography by
Dominique Bouilleret

Film Editing by
Pauline Dairou

Production Design by
Pierre Queffelean

Costume Design by
Céline Guignard

Makeup Department
Nicolas Herlin	....	special makeup effects artist
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Martin Allegaree	....	assistant unit manager
Gregory Bruneau	....	assistant unit manager
Patricia Colombat	....	post-production supervisor
Sébastien Delepine	....	unit manager trainee
Ludovic Naar	....	production manager
Marc-Etienne Schwartz	....	assistant production manager
Grégory Valais	....	unit production manager
Roxanne Vallet	....	unit manager trainee

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barbara Dupont	....	second assistant director
Philippe Larue	....	first assistant director
Johann Lorillon	....	trainee assistant director
Sébastien Marziniak	....	additional third assistant director

Art Department
Alexis Imbert	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Olivier Dô Hùu	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christophe Gagnot	....	foley recording assistant
Raphael Girardot	....	sound editor
Vincent Hedon	....	sound assistant
Dominique Lacour	....	sound mixer
Thomas Robert	....	assistant sound editor
Stéphane Vizet	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Max Garnier	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Anthony Charbonnier	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Daniel	....	data manager: DUBOI
Thierry Delobel	....	visual effects supervisor
Antoine Douadi	....	flame artist
Pierre Gosset	....	digital compositor
Thibaut Granier	....	digital compositor
Marc Latil	....	digital artist
Anita Lech	....	digital artist (as Anita Lech Bedez)
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects designer
Sarah Moreau	....	visual effects coordinator
Benjamin Pelletreau	....	digital compositor
Carine Poussou	....	visual effects coordinator
Bruno Sommier	....	visual effects shooting supervisor

Stunts
Laurent Alexandre	....	stunt performer
Jean-Marc Bellu	....	stunt performer
Serge Beuchat	....	stunt performer
Xavier Brochard	....	stunt performer
Cyrille Dufaut	....	stunt driver
David Genty	....	stunt performer
Christophe Grofer	....	stunt performer
Enrico Horn	....	stunt performer
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt coordinator
Sébastien Lagniez	....	stunt driver
Emmanuel Lanzi	....	stunt actor
Sébastien Peres	....	stunt performer
Julien Piguet	....	stunt driver
Patrick Ronchin	....	stunt driver
Sébastien Seveau	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Blaise Basdevant	....	electrician
Nicolas Deblonde	....	first assistant camera
Agnès Letessier	....	first assistant camera
Pauline Moreau	....	second assistant camera
Pauline Teran	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Baptiste Thibaud	....	Steadicam operator
Sylvain Zambelli	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department
Anne Barbier	....	extras casting
Alice Di Giacomo	....	extras casting assistant

Editorial Department
Ornella Del-Vecchio	....	digital conformation
Frederic Jupin	....	digital conformation
Clotilde Tellier	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Amélie de Chassey	....	music supervisor
Delphine Mathieu	....	music supervisor
Guillaume Roussel	....	additional music arranger

Other crew
François Ferracci	....	opening titles
Florence Gatineau-Saillant	....	location scout
Kamel Lyoubi	....	groupman
Christian Peritore	....	location scout
Valérie Tristan	....	location scout
Albin Voulfow	....	video documentary

Production Companies

• Mandarin Films

Distributors

• Mongrel Media (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
• Koch Media (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (2009) (Canada) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"The New Protocol" - International (English title)
"Aporrito protokollo" - Greece (DVD title)
"O Novo Protocolo" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"The Protocol - Jeder Tod hat seinen Preis" - Germany (DVD title)

Country:

France

Language:

French | German | English | Tagalog

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Portugal:M/12

Company:

Mandarin Films

Movie Connections:

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Controversial thriller about the drug industry...

1st watched 2/12/2012 – 7 out of 10(Dir-Thomas Vincent): Controversial thriller about the drug industry using humans as guinea pigs to test new drugs before they hit the market. Specifically this movie is about it's effect on a man, and his son – who died from a car crash – while testing a drug. The movie starts showing clinical tests being done in Africa on young kids and then moves to the star – who receives a phone call about the demise of his son. He then gets a call from a woman, who we find out later is checking up on his son – fearing that he may run into issues with the drug company. They then meet up at a conference where the woman is escorted out after making a public scene against the company. The couple then start to work together to determine what happened to the young man who died. At first, there isn't a lot of trust between them, but upon seeing the danger the woman is in – he starts believing her. This movie is paced well, and takes a direct stab at an industry many people talk about, but we see very little in the movies about the issue. It is a unique movie in this sense and is also a good thriller that keeps you thinking up until the very end of the film. The only downfall is that it is very biased and it's obvious very quickly. All in all – if you can get around reading subtitles – this French film is a unique and enjoyable movie. And if you know French turn them off and enjoy!!