Movie

Undercover

2022 · 123 min

A slow, talk-heavy plunge into institutional rot, watching a journalist and a haunted informant circle each other with mounting unease.

Overview: October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past, contacts Stéphane Vilner, a journalist at Libération. He claims to be able to demonstrate the existence of State drug trafficking led by Jacques Billard, prominent media figure and high-ranking French police officer. Suspicious at first, the young journalist finally dives into an investigation that will lead him to the darkest corners of the Republic.
How it feels: Tense, dark, cynical and earnest. Measured and demanding.
About: Corruption, crime, conspiracy, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
crime
conspiracy
power
justice
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild