Tonight on TV: it looks like an Olivier Marchal film, and in addition there is Benoît Magimel!

Exploring the world of crime, this is what fascinates Olivier Marchal. Besides, the thriller of the day could very well have been produced by this filmmaker. The reason? He has all the ingredients that make the films of Marchal : betrayal, chase, revenge, or shots …

This detective film is Cédric Anger’s lawyer (next time I will target the heart, love is a party, the killer). Released in the cinema in 2011, he recounts the fate of Léo, who has just been received at the bar. Barely graduated, that this promising young lawyer already receives the most prestigious customers. But appearances are misleading …

Léo quickly discovered behind the companies he defends the tentacles of a mafia organization. Soon, his sulfurous customer leads him slyly in the greatest illegality, and a spiral of danger and violence closes around him. Léo finds himself confronted with the most corneal choice: how to save his life without betraying his client?

And who better than Benoît Magimel (accustomed to drug trafficking affairs with his role in Marseille) to embody the character of Léo Demarsan on the screen? He shares the poster with Gilbert Melki (take a woman) who plays the mafia client, or Aïssa Maïga (I’m fine, don’t worry) and Eric Caravaca (Juliette in the spring)

An effective thriller as close as possible to reality

Lawyer Thus follows the perilous journey of a young lawyer, entangled in the dangerous universe of his customers, confronted with moral dilemmas and potentially fatal situations. A synopsis worthy of a thriller ofOlivier Marchal.

Indeed, the director of the successful series Braquo has, during his thirty-seven years of career, shaped a singular style, especially in the thriller. It must be said that he knows there in the shelves in matters of criminology. And for good reason, he worked for twelve years as a police inspector in the criminal brigade and the anti -terrorist section.

And the least we can say is that his work has influenced many filmmakers, such as Cedric Anger. Like the movies ofOlivier Marchal,, Lawyer Establish an approach that is both dark, realistic and centered on the complexity of the characters.

Here Benoît Magimelwho recently received the César for best actor for his performance in Pacific – Tourment on the islands, bursts the screen in his role as helpless lawyer, taken in a gear from which he no longer knows how to get out.

About his film, Cedric Anger had also confided: “The idea was to anchor the film in the reality of the work of a lawyer, of their decor, with the problems which arise“One thing is certain, with Lawyerthe director honors his values, namely to make realistic cinema.

Tonight on T18 at 8:45 p.m.

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