Face Down (2015)
Tête baissée
Samy is a Frenchman accused of smuggling counterfeit money from Bulgaria to France. To avoid jail, he becomes an informer for the French police, joining under cover a Bulgarian channel for human trafficking. Gradually, he falls in love with Elka, an underage gypsy prostitute. Torn by the pressure from all sides, he almost turns into an unscrupulous pimp. His feelings for the girl will help him keep the last thing he has – his dignity.
- Date of release
- 2015-10-14
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Kamen Kalev
Casting
- Melvil Poupaud — Samy
- Seher Nebieva — Elka
- Lidia Koleva — Snezana
- Sunai Siuleiman — Uhoto
- Atanas Asenov — Canko
- Youssef Hajdi — Driss
- Aylin Yay — Yanne
- Hocine Choutri — Kader
- Johan Carlsson — Brian
- Nadejda Ilieva — Lidiya
Interesting facts
Face Down is a 2015 drama film directed by Kamen Kalev and starring Melvil Poupaud and Seher Nebieva. It received the Best Director Award at the Golden Rose Film Festival.
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