Jean Dujardin's Latest Movie Remix: 'The Connection' (Exclusive Trailer)
From the silent film era (The Artist, 2011) to James Bond-inspired movies (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and its sequel, Lost in Rio), Oscar-winning actor Jean Dujardin has a history of reimagining cinema’s past.
As seen in this new trailer for The Connection, Dujardin turns William Friedkin’s 1971 crime classic The French Connection upside down, playing real-life Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel. The story follows Michel’s single-minded mission to dismantle a group of notorious drug smugglers, showing the story from its European vantage point (rather than the New York-centric vision portrayed in the Gene Hackman-starring version).
Don’t let the subtitles intimidate you — early reviews are promising. Variety calls the film “a meaty, export-ready true-crime saga,” while The Hollywood Reporter describes it as “an exciting, epic policier with whiffs of both its American cousin and Scorsese.”
The Connection enters select theaters May 15.
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