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Tropique de la violence

Tropique de la violence

2022Movie⏱️ 1h 32m
Drama
5.8
IMDB Rating
120 votes

Moïse, a boy who was abandoned at birth and adopted by a nurse in Mayotte who raised him alone and cherished him until she died when he was 15.

Director
Manuel Schapira
Writers
Nathacha Appanah, Delphine de Vigan, Manuel Schapira
Stars
Gilles-Alane Ngalamou Hippocrate, Céline Sallette, Dali Benssalah
Release Date
March 23, 2022
Language
French
Country
France
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Gilles-Alane Ngalamou Hippocrate
as Moïse
Céline Sallette
Céline Sallette
as Marie
Dali Benssalah
Dali Benssalah
as Stéphane
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Fazal Bacar-Moilim
as Bruce
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Onrwa Madi
as La Teigne
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Elanique Ali
as Nasse
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Moussa 'Chakri' Chamoueni
as Chakri
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Nawirou 'Ouirlax' Djanfar
as Ouirlax
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Madjidi 'Magui' Kazouini
as Magui
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Ambdoilloih 'Kallach' Loutoufi
as Kallach

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
Production
Windy Production, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+

🏷️ Keywords

adopted childmayottegangghetto

🎯 Categories

FrenchDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Gripping social movie
by searchanddestroy-12022-10-29
8/10

"It takes place in Mayotte, a French department in Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and Comorres island. It is a poignant story of an abandoned Black child, adopted by a White nurse, a thirty years old woman who suddenly dies because of a brain attack. So the lost child is then "adopted" by a gang of young punks lead by a ruthless young mobster. It is a radical depiction of poverty and survival in this French department where violence is everywhere and despair on rampage. It is gritty, gloomy, brutal, not for all audiences. It is realistic, without being didactic, that's its main..."

📖 Synopsis

Moïse, a boy who was abandoned at birth and adopted by a nurse in Mayotte who raised him alone and cherished him until she died when he was 15.