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Hell Train

1985-01-09
5.4
fr 90m
CrimeDrama
Hell Train is a French film based on a true story. One evening at a ball in a small town, a fight breaks out in an atmosphere tinged with racism. Three of the ringleaders end up at the police station. The next day, November 14, 1983, on the Bordeaux-Ventimiglia train, the three men who were candidates for enlistment in the Foreign Legion beat Habib Grimzi, a 26-year-old Algerian, before throwing him out of a window. A young woman, who witnessed the murder, alerted the police. The investigation begins in a climate of extreme tension. In the city, provocations and attacks are increasing...

Director

Roger Hanin

Writer

Jean Curtelin

Writer

Roger Hanin

Producer

Christine Gouze-Rénal

Executive Producer

Philippe Verro

Editor

Youcef Tobni

skinhead immigration racism french colonialism french algerian racial discrimination maghreb racist murder

Status

Released

Countries

  • France

Companies

  • Canal+
  • Hachette Première
  • Fox-Hachette