Asphalt Playground ( La cité rose )

Asphalt Playground (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La cité rose
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Julien Abraham

Written By:
Nicolas Peufaillit
Jimmy Laporal-Trésor

Actors:
Azize Diabaté Abdoulaye ..... Mitraillette
Diabate Idrissa ..... Isma
Ismaël Ouazzani ..... La Crête
Zouher Rahim ..... Nordine
Anaïs Begue ..... Océane
Ibrahim Koma ..... Djibril
Juliette Lamboley ..... Lola
David Ribeiro ..... Narcisse
Steve Tran ..... Manu
Mahamadou Coulibaly ..... Mas
Mohad Sanou ..... Daouda
Arben Bajraktaraj ..... Gitan
Dioucounda Koma ..... Cheveux
Nordine Aidi ..... Labraise
Ousmane Diedhiou ..... Karkasse

Synopsis:

One evening in a suburban ghetto to Paris, young Aimé is shot in the stomach. Caught in the crossfire in a drug war, according to the media. But it is not entirely accidental that the 12-year-old boy, also known as Machine Gun, was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Looking back, Aimé tells us about the events that led up to that fateful night. About the dilemma he is in when his cousin Isma gets into trouble with the local drug dealers. About Isma's brother Djibril who is studying law at the Sorbonne, but who is constantly confronted with his background. And about Oceane, the first girl he falls in love with. 'Asphalt Playground' is a captivating youth gangster drama related to the Brazilian 'City of God'.

Mitraillette is 12 years old and lives in Rose City, a housing estate he would not leave for anything. His whole world comprises his family, especially his 16 year-old cousin Isma, who has taken a fancy to Narcisse, the local crime boss. His older brother Djibril is 22, a student at the Sorbonne who dreams of becoming a lawyer. As for Mitraillette, he has his eye on Océane, the most beautiful girl in his school...

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 27 January, 2014.