by Nicolas Saada
January 2009
| Release date | 28 Janvier 2009 |
| Genre | Espionnage, romance |
| Length | 1h35 |
| Director | Nicolas Saada |
| Writer | Nicolas Saada |
| Cast | Guillaume Canet, Géraldine Pailhas, Stephen Rea, Archie Panjabi, Vincent Regan, Alexander Siddig, Hippolyte Girardot |
| Producer | Michael Gentile |
| Co-producer | Studio 37, Mars Film, France 2 Cinema |
| Distribution | Mars Distribution |
| World-sale | Kinology |
SYNOPSIS
Vincent ,thirty years old, works in baggage handling in an airport. He lives with his girlfriend, Corinne, and has dropped his studies, in which he excelled. With one of his colleagues, Gerard, Vincent regularly goes through the baggage looking for things to steal. One evening Gerard comes across a suitcase belonging to a Syrian diplomat. He manages to open it, but it explodes in his face. The owners, two mysterious looking men, arrive to retrieve the bag with no questions asked. Vincent is witness to the whole scene. After this incident, Vincent is soon contacted by Simon from the DST, the French Secret Service, who asks Vincent to help in the enquiry. Vincent at first refuses, and denies any knowledge of the incident. However, he is finally won over by Simon’s reasoning. Very quickly Vincent’s life is turned upside down. Unsure if Simon has been straight with him, he is nevertheless impressed by what he heard and begins to question his ‘ordinary’ life. He breaks up with Corinne very coldly, even though they were supposed to buy an apartment together. That same night an intruder breaks into Vincent’s apartment and attempts to kill him. He manages to escape and, having narrowly escaped death, Vincent understands there is no going back. He contacts Simon. Simon gives Vincent a mission in which he will be key. In London the MI5 have been surveying a Businessman, Peter Burton, who has close ties with a number of Syrians who could be connected to the explosion of the diplomatic suitcase. Vincent will need to befriend this man in order to expose the network behind him.
TECHNICAL SPECS
| Director of photography | Stéphane Fontaine |
| Line up producer | Jacques Royer |
| Line up producer (UK) | Bertand Faivre |
| Stage manager | Marie-Hélène Labret |
| Location production manager | Marie-Hélène Labret |
| 1st assistant director | Emilie Cherpitel |
| 2nd assistant director | Elliot Matthews |
| Script | Marie Leconte |
| Sound engineer | Cyril Moisson |
| Costume designer | Caroline de Vivaise |
| Make-up artist | Laurence Grosjean |
| Editor | Arnaud Plé |
| Music | Cliff Martinez |
| Musical supervisor | Mathieu Sibony |