Les Lyonnais (A Gang Story) (2011)
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65% want to see it
(137 ratings)
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got… More After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.
- Directed By
- Olivier Marchal
- Written By
- Olivier Marchal
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- Studio
- The Weinstein Company
Critic Reviews
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Andrew Lowry, Total Film
There are just too many moments of déjà vu to truly satisfy.
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Allan Hunter, Daily Express
A decent thriller with a notable performance from newcomer Dimitri Storoge as the young Momon.
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Henry Barnes, Guardian [UK]
There's one code at play here: a hood's gotta do what a hood's gotta do. Unfortunately, we gotta watch him do all of it.
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Michael Leader, Little White Lies
Lacking in depth and style.
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Cast
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Gérard Lanvin
as Edmond "Momon" Vidal
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Tcheky Karyo
as Serge Suttel
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Daniel Duval
as Christo
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Dimitri Storoge
as Young Momon
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Olivier Chantreau
as Young Serge
- Patrick Catalifo
- François Levantal
