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Hell Train (1985)
Directed by Roger Hanin
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…
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Roger Hanin | Hammou Graïa | Christine Pascal | Karim Allaoui | Gérard Klein | Rabah Loucif | Sam Karmann | Robin Renucci | Jean-Claude de Goros | Xavier Maly | Jacques Nolot | Benoît Régent | Pascale Pellegrin | Didier Sandre | Vincent Solignac | Henri Tisot | Béatrice Camurat | Fabrice Eberhard | Farid Gazzah | Nathalie Guérin | Alain Lahaye | Jacques Gamblin