FAST CONVOY
Filmfest 2016
(LE CONVOI)
France 2016
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: French)
German Premiere
Director: Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Section: Spotlight
Four cars. 1800 Kilometers. 12 hours. 1.4 tons of cannabis resin. The latest actioner by Frédéric Schoendoerffer puts the pedal to the metal in Malaga, Spain and doesn’t let up until we reach the French border. On the way, the tough-as-nails smugglers headed by Benoît Magimel (THE PIANO TEACHER) run into a road block that leaves one of their drivers dead, and forces them to take a hostage, Nadia (Reem Kherci). A stylish and breathless thriller in the mode of THE TRANSPORTER and DRIVE.
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Reem Kherici, Tewfik Jallab, Mahdi Belemlih, Amir El Kacem
Credits
Screenplay: Yann Brion, Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Director of Photography: Vincent Gallot
Film Editor: Sophie Fourdrinoy
Production Designer: Franck Benezech
Costume Design: Claire Lacaze
Sound: Thomas Pietrucci
Producer: Eric Neve
Co-Producer: Etienne Mallet, David Gauquie, Julien Deris, Nicolas Lesage, Franck Elbase
Production Company: Carcharodon
Co-Production Company: Orange Studio, Cinéfrance 1888, D8 Films
World Sales: Indie Sales Company
Distributor: Elite Film AG
Director: Frédéric Schoendoerffer
biography
Frédéric Schoendoerffer was born in Billancourt, France in 1962, son of Oscar-winning director Pierre Schoendoerffer. He began working as production assistant and AD before making his feature film debut with CRIME SCENES (2000), which was nominated for a César as best newcomer. He followed it up with SECRET AGENTS (2004) starring Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci, PARIS LOCKDOWN (2007), also starring Benoît Magimel, and SWITCH (2011).
