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Un honnête commerçant

Director(s):	Philippe Blasband
Producer(s):	SAMSA FILM Artémis Productions (BE), RTBF (BE)
Script:	Philippe Blasband
Year:	2002
Form:	FICTION - Feature film
Genre:	Investigation
Original version:	French
Running time:	93'

Synopsis

The merchant Hubert Verkamen suspected of viciously murdering an entire family, is being brutally interrogated at the police station in Brussels by two police inspectors. The police are convinced that he is an infamous drug trafficker who has often slipped through their fingers. Verkamen strenously denies any involvement but decides to play along and thus gives rise to a complicated game during which he pretends to play the part of the criminal the others want him to be. Through a series of flashbacks Verkamen slowly reconstructs the career of a timid, unhappy tax collector who, thanks to a series of fortuitous breaks, first becomes the assistant of a genteel dealer, then the leader of an international drug cartel. The interrogation leads up to an unexpected climax.

Casting

Benoît Verhaert
Philippe Noiret
Yolande Moreau
Frédéric Bodson
Serge Larivière

Crew

DOP: Virginie Saint Martin
Sound: Olivier Hespel
Set decoration: Véronique Sacrez
Editor: Ewin Rijkaert

Nominations & Awards

Grand Prix au Festival International du Film de Zlin, République Tchèque, avril 2003
Sélectionné à La CIotat, Istanbul, Rouen, Ottawa, Cinéssonne, ...
Semaine Internationale de la Critique, Venise, Italie Septembre 2002
Compétition Officielle, Festival des Films du Monde, Montréal, Canada, août 2002

International sales

ARTBOX / France Télévision Distribution
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Poster