Main Cast: Pascal Greggory, Gael Morel, Jamel Debbouze, Fabienne Babe, Vera Briole
Release Year: 1999
Country: FR
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
Director Laurent Bouhnik has crafted a tough-minded but visually impressive look at life in prison with his film Zonzon (French slang for jail). Three inmates sharing a cell in a French correctional facility deal with the physical and emotional rigors of life behind bars. France (Pascal Greggory) is a massive but emotionally distant prisoner who seethes with inner rage at the wife and child who have all but abandoned him. Arnaud (Gael Morel) is a student serving six months on a drug charge, trying to deal with his sudden change of circumstances. And Kader (Jamel Debbouze) is a petty thief relatively unconcerned with his return to jail -- he's been here before and will probably be back again. Zonzon won respectful notices for its unusual use of visual devices -- color, composition, focus, slow-motion photography -- to capture the grim fatalism of life in stir; the film made its American debut with a screening at the 1999 Santa Barbara Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Pascal Greggory - Francky
Gael Morel - Grandjean
Jamel Debbouze - Kader
Fabienne Babe - Christine
Vera Briole
Gabrielle Forest; Élodie Bouchez; Francois Levantal; Zakariya Gouram; Marc Andréoni
Credit
Jacques Rouxel - Art Director, Antoine Voituriez - Associate Producer, Isabelle Millet - Costume Designer, Michel Dubois - First Assistant Director, Laurent Bouhnik - Director, Hervé de Luze - Editor, Jerome Coullet - Composer (Music Score), Gilles Henry - Cinematographer, Thierry Boscheron - Producer, Etienne Comar - Producer, Jean Cottin - Producer, Patrice Mendez - Sound/Sound Designer, Cyril Holtz - Sound/Sound Designer, Laurent Bouhnik - Screenwriter, Patrick de Lassagne - Screenwriter, Marc Andréoni - Play Author, Patrick de Lassagne - Play Author
