The Informant (2013 film)

The Informant
Film poster
Gibraltar
Directed by Julien Leclercq
Produced by Dimitri Rassam
Screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri
Based on L'Aviseur
by Marc Fievet
Starring Gilles Lellouche
Tahar Rahim
Riccardo Scamarcio
Music by Clinton Shorter
Cinematography Thierry Pouget
Mika Cotellon
Edited by Mickael Dumontier
Arthur Tarnowski
Distributed by SND Films (France)
Release date
  • 24 August 2013 (2013-08-24) (Angoulême)
  • 11 September 2013 (2013-09-11) (France)
Running time
110 minutes
Country France
Canada
Language French
Budget €19.8 million[1]
Box office $2.3 million[2]

The Informant (French: Gibraltar, also known as Border Informant) is a 2013 French crime thriller film written and directed by Julien Leclercq.[3][4]

Plot

Marc Duval is a bar owner in Gibraltar. He is cornered by his creditors, so he agrees to become a paid informant for the French customs to report drug trafficking. He quickly finds himself drawn into events more and more dangerous.

Loosely based on a true story.

Cast

Reception

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 33%, based on 6 reviews, with an average score of 5/10.[5]

References

  1. "Gibraltar". JP's Box-Office.
  2. "The Informant (2013)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. Jordan Mintzer (September 11, 2013). "The Informant (Gibraltar): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  4. Geoffrey Macnab (April 24, 2014). "The Informant, film review: Brooding thriller with flavour of The French Connection 2". The Independent. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  5. "The Informant (Gibraltar) (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes.


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