Close Enemies
Seen it?2018 | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 51 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
58% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
5.9 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by David Oelhoffen
- Matthias SchoenaertsManuel Marco
- Reda KatebDriss, captain of the narcotics squad
- Adel BencherifImrane Mogalia, aka 'Tonton'
- Sofiane ZermaniFouad
- Sabrina OuazaniMounia, Imrane's companion
- Gwendolyn GourvenecManon, Manuel's ex-companion
- Nicolas GiraudRémi Rufo
- Astrid WhettnallHead of the narcotics squad
- Marc BarbéMarc, narcotics squad
- Yann GovenFernandez, narcotics squad