The Connection

The sordid saga of France's pernicious postwar heroin-smuggling racket gets retold from the domestic perspective in this throwback crime thriller, which traces the decade-long quest of Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) to corner, and break, seemingly untouchable drug kingpin Tany Zampa (Gilles Lellouche). Céline Sallette, Mélanie Doutey, Benoît Magimel, Guillaume Gouix also star. 135 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English; featurette; deleted scenes. In French with English subtitles.