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...
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
FR
Genres:
Crime, Drama
Release:
January 1985
Production:
Canal+, Hachette Première, Fox-Hachette
Cast:
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
Tags:
skinhead, immigration, racism, french colonialism, french algerian, racial discrimination, racial hatred, maghreb, racist murder
