Legal Aid

(2009)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 13 votes

Genres: Thriller

Year: 2009

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: France

Director: Hannelore Cayre

Cast: Roschdy Zem, Матиа Млекюз, Sophie Guillemin, Jean-Pierre Martins, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Brigitte Virtudes, Jacky Nercessian, Jean-Claude Montheil, Nathalie Lacroix, Pierre Londiche

Plot

At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his mission but, lately, his little income and his arduous working conditions have been eroding his idealism. So, when Henry Marsac, a leading (but seemingly corrupt), professional colleague, offers him to work on bigger and more lucrative cases, he ends up accepting. Little does he know what Marsac is up to...