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Hell Train

Not Rated Crime Drama

Starring: Roger Hanin, Hammou Graïa, Christine Pascal, Karim Allaoui, Gérard Klein

Writer: Jean Curtelin, Roger Hanin

Release Date:
January 9, 1985
Ratings:
4.8 / 10
Director:
Roger Hanin
Companies:
Canal+

Overview

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...