Film noir meets future shock in first-time feature filmmaker Julien
Leclercq's ambitious sci fi thriller about a hard-boiled French police
lieutenant investigating the mysterious death of an illegal immigrant.
Years ago, wanted human trafficker Dimitry Nicolov (Alain Figlarz)
murdered Police Lieutenant David Hoffman (Albert Dupontel)'s wife and
partner to death as the horrified lawman watched helplessly nearby. In
the aftermath of that killing, Nicolov disappeared without a trace.
Flash forward
to the year
2025, and the only thing that keeps Hoffman going is the thought of
seeking revenge against Nicolov. When the body of a young illegal
immigrant is discovered with mysterious scars around her eyes and her
synapses completely fried, Lieutenant Hoffman's investigation eventually
leads him to an ultra-modern plastic surgery clinic run by Professor
Brügen (Marthe Keller). Much to Lieutenant Hoffman's surprise, Professor
Brügen's clinic isn't simply concerned with issues of the flesh, but
the valuable commodity of memory and identity as well. Currently,
Professor Brügen has focused the majority of his research on a captive
patient named Manon (Mélanie Thierry) - a teenage girl who had been
horribly injured in an auto accident. As the investigation intensifies
and Lieutenant Hoffman begins to make the connection between medical
research and human smuggling, what was once a simple case of a wanted
human trafficker gradually evolves into something infinitely more
ominous.
Directed By: Julien Leclercq
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