Kanun

"Death is their tradition"

2022 1h 35m FR

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5.6

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★5.6TMDB · 12

Thriller

Synopsis

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The story homes in on Lorik, who's barely thirty years old yet who works as an enforcer for the Albanian mafia in Brussels, alongside his mentor Aleks. And when Lorik falls in love with Sema, a Fine Arts student of Turkish origins, his past comes back to haunt him: a man hailing from Lorik's village in Albania, whose father was killed by the latter's uncle, tracks down the young man and demands that his family's debt be paid for in blood, as per the Kanun tradition. In short, he asks the clan for Lorik's death.

“Death is their tradition”

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Cast

Waël Sersoub
Lorik
Tuğba Sunguroğlu
Sema
Arben Bajraktaraj
Aleks
Sam Dagher
Moroccan Bag Man

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jérémie Guez
Writers: Jérémie Guez
Languages: French
Countries: Belgium, France

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Laurence Briaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Waël Sersoub and Tuğba Sunguroğlu and Arben Bajraktaraj carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Death is their tradition".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14125272 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jérémie Guez directs. Laurence Briaud cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Belgium, France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 4 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.
4Editor Laurence Briaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Waël Sersoub and Tuğba Sunguroğlu and Arben Bajraktaraj carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Death is their tradition".
7IMDB entry: tt14125272 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.