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Les marchands de sable

Les marchands de sable

2000Movie⏱️ 1h 42m
DramaThriller
6.6
IMDB Rating
139 votes

Paris today, a working-class neighbourhood, a square. Two bars stand facing each other as they would in the main street of a town in the Far West. Marie is 25 years old and has come back to Paris after a long absence in search of ...

Director
Pierre Salvadori
Writers
Nicolas Saada, Pierre Salvadori
Stars
Mathieu Demy, Marina Golovine, Serge Riaboukine
Release Date
July 5, 2000
Language
French
Country
France
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mathieu Demy
Mathieu Demy
as Antoine
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Marina Golovine
as Marie
Serge Riaboukine
Serge Riaboukine
as Alain
👤
Patrick Lizana
as Xavier
Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Depardieu
as Stéphane
👤
Michèle Moretti
as Annick
👤
Robert Castel
as Damien
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Yann Hnautra
as Marc
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Renaud Ménager
as Pierre
Julie Depardieu
Julie Depardieu
as Catherine

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Agat Films & Cie, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Gimages Développement

🏷️ Keywords

paris francebar ownerpusherdrug dealerrunning down the street

🎯 Categories

FrenchDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Remarkable "black" script, remarkable direction, remarkable actors.
by mhm-22001-09-24
8/10

"Remarkable "black" script, remarkable direction, remarkable actors. We can only regret that the characters are so very dark: incestuous lovers, drug petty dealers, thieves, maffia type `avuncular' godfather, the only good Samaritan appearing as stupid. Nevertheless do not miss this excellent B movie and keep an eye on the actors' as well as the director's next production...."

💡 Did You Know?

This movie was first released on French-German TV channel Arte in a shorter version under the title Le détour (2000).

📖 Synopsis

Paris today, a working-class neighbourhood, a square. Two bars stand facing each other as they would in the main street of a town in the Far West. Marie is 25 years old and has come back to Paris after a long absence in search of ...