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The Night Watchmen is a french film of genre Drama directed by Pierre Jolivet with Olivier Gourmet

The Night Watchmen (2015)

The Night Watchmen
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Length 1h35
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating61% 3.089953.089953.089953.089953.08995

The Night Watchman (French title: Jamais de la vie) is a 2015 French-Belgian thriller film directed by Pierre Jolivet. The film revolves around Franck, a shopping mall night watchman, who discovers a planned holdup at the mall. The film won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film at the 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival.

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Franck est un ancien syndicaliste qui a retrouvé un travail de nuit d'agent de sécurité. Il vit seul et noie son chagrin dans l'alcool. Il n'a plus vraiment de raison de vivre et se prend d'affection pour sa conseillère emploi de son centre social. Jusqu'au jour où il se rend compte que quelque chose de malhonnête se prépare sur le lieu de son travail. Il va alors tout mettre en œuvre pour contrer cette tentative et réussir quelque chose de valorisant dans son existence…

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