Legal Aid

Name: Legal Aid
Director: Hannelore Cayre
Genre: Thriller
Released: 2009-05-06

Film20091h 31mReleased

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Director: Hannelore Cayre
Language: French
Released: 2009-05-06
Runtime: 1h 31m

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The story

At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his mission but, lately, his little income and his arduous working conditions have been eroding his idealism. So, when Henry Marsac, a leading (but seemingly corrupt), professional colleague, offers him to work on bigger and more lucrative cases, he ends up accepting. Little does he know what Marsac is up to...

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Cast

Roschdy ZemAntoine Lahoud
Mathias MlekuzBertrand
Sophie GuilleminGarance Leclerc
Jean-Pierre MartinsBarsamian
Jean-Philippe ÉcoffeyHenry Marsac
Brigitte VirtudesMadame Fontabrisse - la concierge
Jacky NercessianLa seconde présidente du tribunal (as Jackie Nercessian)
Jean-Claude Montheil — artwork unavailable
Jean-Claude MontheilLe juge d'instruction
Nathalie LacroixLa greffière
Pierre LondicheMaître Le Peltier Pouchard