Féroce
Apr 17 2002
•2h 37m
•Drama
Gilles de Maistre's political thriller Féroce (Ferocious) is about a man seeking revenge. Arab Alain (Samy Naceri) decides to join a fascistic French political party in order to assassinate the leader, Legle (Jean-Marc Thibault). Alain comes to this decision when his girlfriend's brother is murdered after he had defaced some of the party's paraphernalia. To improve the party's public stance on immigrants, Alain is hired as a security guard. Legle's daughter is attracted to Alain, who is tempted enough by the girl to abandon some of his religious convictions.
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Samy Naceri
Alain
Jean-Marc Thibault
Hugues-Henry Lègle, le chef
Bernard Le Coq
Cervois
Claire Keim
Lucie
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