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ERA
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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Sandmen
2000 1h 42m FR
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6.8
SOLID
★6.8TMDB · 5
Thriller
Synopsis
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Alain runs Le Detour, a small cafe in Paris where Antoine works. Antoine is reunited with his sister Marie when she's released from prison; they are very close, perhaps abnormally so, but she's not aware that Antoine has fallen into cahoots with Stephane, who works as a waiter at another cafe. Damien, a local businessman, is pressuring Alain to expand Le Detour, and cut his nephew Xavier in for a percentage as a manager. While Alain waffles on Damien's proposal, Xavier offers Antoine a chance to make some money under the table by delivering some drugs to a cadre of dealers. Antoine makes the drop and picks up the payment, but runs off with the money rather than bringing it back to Xavier, which proves to have tragic consequences for Antoine and his friends.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Mathieu Demy
Antoine
Marina Golovine
Marie
Serge Riaboukine
Alain
Patrick Lizana
Xavier
Guillaume Depardieu
Stephane
Michèle Moretti
Annick
Robert Castel
Damien
Yann Hnautra
Marc
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Pierre Salvadori
- Writers
- Pierre Salvadori, Nicolas Saada
- Languages
- French
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Fun facts 🍿
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Camille Bazbaz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
MoodPlayr · trivia#03
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Isabelle Devinck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Mathieu Demy and Marina Golovine and Serge Riaboukine carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0242644 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#07
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Pierre Salvadori directs. Camille Bazbaz scores. Isabelle Devinck cuts. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 126 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Original score by Camille Bazbaz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Isabelle Devinck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Mathieu Demy and Marina Golovine and Serge Riaboukine carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0242644 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Original score
- Camille Bazbaz
- Editing
- Isabelle Devinck
- Production design
- Yan Arlaud
- Costume design
- Virginie Montel
- Makeup / hair
- Nathalie Kovalski
- Runtime
- 102 min · 1h 42m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- Certification (US)
- U
Also by
Pierre Salvadori
Key crew
- EditorIsabelle Devinck
- CastingAlain Charbit
- Production DesignYan Arlaud
- Costume DesignVirginie Montel
- ProducerPhilippe Martin
- ProducerGilles Sandoz
- Makeup ArtistNathalie Kovalski
- Art DirectionSandrine Jarron
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistPierre Olivier Persin
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2000-07-04U
