Paris by Night (2012)

Director
Philippe Lefebvre

Main cast
Roschdy Zem; Samuel Le Bihan; Grégory Fitoussi; Jean-Pierre Martins; Jean-Paul Muel

Genres
Crime, Drama

Description
Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don’t bend the rules too far. Weiss knows he’s between a rock and hard place: it’s obvious that criminal gangs run rampant in his special domain, and even more obvious that they’re protected by higher-ups in the department.


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