{"id":2840,"date":"2015-08-16T09:11:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T08:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=2840"},"modified":"2015-10-24T08:07:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T07:07:17","slug":"the-connection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/the-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Friday, 25 September 2015: The Connection<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Friday, 25 September 2015, 20:00<\/p>\r\n

Venue<\/strong>: (see Locations and Tickets<\/a> for further details)<\/p>\r\n

Programme category<\/strong>: Forest Row Film Society<\/p>\r\n\r<\/p>\n

Director: C\u00e9dric Jimenez, France\/Belgium 2015, 135 mins, 15<\/p>\n

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"Riveting from its first moments, The Connection<\/i> is fascinating in its presentation of character, as well as for its glimpse into the workings of an international drug empire and into the ways an imaginative cop found to chip at its power."- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle<\/i>\n <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Based on real events, The Connection<\/i> reflects the Marseille end of the 1970's Gene Hackman classic, The French Connection.<\/i>Its gritty realism is balanced by extraordinary attention to period detail as newly arrived magistrate, Pierre Michel, embarks on a lengthy battle with chilling arch-mobster 'Tany' Zampa, whose tentacles reach disturbingly deep.\n <\/p>\n

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"The film is engaging, propulsive, cut with rare brio, chockablock with consummate tough-guy business." – Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice<\/i>\n <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further reading<\/h4>\n
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  1. Drafthouse Films<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
  2. flickfilosopher<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
  3. The Guardian<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
  4. San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Trailer<\/h4>\n