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  <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T09:03:40-07:00</created-at>
  <description>Black, a Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France, is getting over a disastrous heist in which he lost nearly all of his men. He&amp;rsquo;s seriously thinking of going straight when his cousin Lamine calls him from Dakar: a briefcase full of contraband diamonds has just been deposited in the bank where he works. Thinking this will be an unbelievably easy coup, Black assembles a new gang and quickly flies to Africa, where he&amp;rsquo;s never set foot. What they haven&amp;rsquo;t planned, however, is that they are far from being the only ones interested in that briefcase. The corrupt director of the bank, an arm dealer suffering from suppurating psoriasis, a gang of mercenaries from Chechnya and an Interpol agent are also set to get their hands on those diamonds. With a funky soundtrack, BLACK delivers a heist film filled with action and peppered with comedy and mysticism. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Award&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bronze Public Prize - Best American or European Film - Fantasia International Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma"&gt;Avignon Film Festival 2008&lt;br /&gt;SXSW presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight - SXSW Film Festival 2009 &lt;br /&gt;Seattle International Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fantasia International Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009&lt;br /&gt;Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Fest 2009&lt;br /&gt;London Film4 FrightFest 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reviews &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**** &lt;br /&gt;Eye Weekly &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Kitchen-sink filmmaking at its most sublime... ...a righteously bombastic musical soundtrack... ...the film is a rolling ball of smooth energy... Black is all about pounding out tunes while transitioning from one badass heroic action set-piece to the next&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Kurt Halfyard, Twitchfilm &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Black is a heist film like no other, a film that marches to the crazy beat of its own drum and funkadelic tunes. (...) Ambitious and groovy, Black is a big gooey gobstopper rolling at breakneck speed in its swirling colorful glory, picking up these random characters and antagonists on its perilous plight.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Andrew Mack, Twitchfilm &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;...Pierre Laffargue manages to nearly reinvent the genre... Black&amp;rsquo;s balance of humour, action, and exoticism is undeniably energizing. It&amp;rsquo;s slick without being too flashy, and MC Jean Gab&amp;#39;1 turns in an immensely likeable performance.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Al Kratina, The Gazette&amp;#39;s Cin&amp;eacute; File &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;...Black stands up remarkably well as a psychedelic homage to &amp;rsquo;70s era B-movies. ...a bumping soundtrack that brings as much to the film&amp;rsquo;s atmosphere as Guy Ritchie&amp;rsquo;s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Christopher Sykes, The Montreal Mirror &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;BLACK is a superior French / African exploitation film &amp;ndash; and its director, Pierre Laffargue, is somebody to watch. ... recalls the conceit of Blaxploitation films, but in a thoroughly modern and artistic way. (...) The soundtrack is napalm f*cking hot! (...) Jean Gab&amp;rsquo;1&amp;rsquo;s performance and character just screamed &amp;ndash; I&amp;rsquo;M A STAR!&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;Harry Knowles, Ain&amp;rsquo;t it Cool News &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s gloriously lunatic. (...) BLACK percolates like that first, strong cup of coffee in the morning &amp;ndash; with no bitter aftertaste.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Peter Martin, Cinematical &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;... anyone who genuinely enjoys black-American cinema of the &amp;lsquo;70&amp;rsquo;s in all its forms is in for a huge treat, a movie that manages to mix African mysticism, blaxploitation, and the heist thriller into something that felt truly original. (...) I loved it... and I&amp;#39;m willing to bet others will, too. Once again, Fantastic Fest and SXSW have uncovered another gem.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;Drew McWeeny, Hitfix &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;hellip;the second craziest movie of this year&amp;rsquo;s SXSW Film Festival. (...) BLACK is the latest cinematic salvo from France, and once again you&amp;rsquo;ll be wondering what the hell is in their drinking water. (...) &amp;hellip; it&amp;rsquo;s definitely a wild and unpredictable ride. Laffargue is a director to watch, and I&amp;rsquo;m curious to see what he&amp;rsquo;ll do next.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects</description>
  <description-fr>Black, un braqueur d&amp;#39;origine s&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;galaise ayant toujours v&amp;eacute;cu en France, vient de subir un &amp;eacute;chec cuisant avec son dernier coup sur lequel il a perdu tous ses hommes. Il songe s&amp;eacute;rieusement &amp;agrave; se reconvertir quand son cousin Lamine l&amp;#39;appelle de Dakar : une mallette qui contient un bon poids de diamants de contrebande a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; d&amp;eacute;pos&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; la banque o&amp;ugrave; il travaille. C&amp;rsquo;est un coup qui devrait &amp;ecirc;tre facile, super facile m&amp;ecirc;me, pensent-ils. Ni une ni deux, Black monte une &amp;eacute;quipe et vole vers l&amp;#39;Afrique, o&amp;ugrave; il met les pieds pour la premi&amp;egrave;re fois. Mais ce qu&amp;rsquo;ils n&amp;rsquo;ont pas calcul&amp;eacute;, c&amp;rsquo;est que plusieurs autres sont aussi sur la trace de ces diamants, dont le directeur v&amp;eacute;reux de la banque, un trafiquant d&amp;#39;armes atteint d&amp;#39;un psoriasis purulent, une bande de mercenaires tch&amp;eacute;tch&amp;egrave;nes et une agente d&amp;rsquo;Interpol. Avec une bande sonore des plus funky, BLACK promet un maximum d&amp;rsquo;action teint&amp;eacute; de com&amp;eacute;die et de mysticisme. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prix du public, cat&amp;eacute;gorie Meilleur film Am&amp;eacute;ricain ou Europ&amp;eacute;en - Festival international de films Fantasia 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Festivals &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festival du film d&amp;#39;Avignon 2008&lt;br /&gt;Festival de films SXSW -&amp;nbsp;Fantastic Fest at Midnight&amp;nbsp;2009 &lt;br /&gt;Festival international du film de Seattle 2009&lt;br /&gt;Festival international de films Fantasia 2009&lt;br /&gt;Festival de Films Toronto After Dark 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fresh Film Fest de Karlovy Vary 2009&lt;br /&gt;Film4 FrightFest de Londres 2009&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Critiques &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Le r&amp;eacute;alisateur fran&amp;ccedil;ais Pierre Laffargue la joue Tarantino, fait &amp;agrave; fond dans le second degr&amp;eacute;, et s&amp;#39;amuse comme un fou &amp;agrave; pasticher un cin&amp;eacute;ma qu&amp;#39;il aime.(...) Les enthousiates amis de Fantasia, dont nous sommes, vont adorer.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Aleksi K. Lepage, La Presse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Un film explosif, dans lequel tout p&amp;egrave;te et durant lequel on ne s&amp;#39;ennuie pas une seule seconde.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Natalia Wysocka, Ici. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Black est d&amp;#39;abord un beau film, color&amp;eacute;e et &amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;esth&amp;eacute;tique recherch&amp;eacute;e. (...) on passe d&amp;#39;un rebondissement &amp;agrave; l&amp;#39;autre sans arr&amp;ecirc;t. C&amp;#39;est le bordel du d&amp;eacute;but &amp;agrave; la fin. La bande sonore est exceptionnelle.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Charles Pr&amp;eacute;mont, Le Lien Multim&amp;eacute;dia &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Black est fun, avec de l&amp;#39;action et de l&amp;#39;humour gonzo qui titille nos zygomatiques.(&amp;hellip;)On se croirait presque devant une r&amp;eacute;alisation de Jean Rollin sous acide avec une s&amp;eacute;v&amp;egrave;re dose d&amp;#39;action gonzo.(&amp;hellip;) Black reste un film d&amp;eacute;cal&amp;eacute;&amp;hellip;qui a le m&amp;eacute;rite de divertir et de faire rire.&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;Excessif &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Un film multi-forme compl&amp;egrave;tement fou, allez le voir!&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Mad Movies &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;Ultra-divertissant, livre exactement ce qu&amp;#39;on attends de tout film d&amp;#39;action. Que du bon. Ruez vous dans les salles noires pour voir BLACK&amp;#39;&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;Fantistof</description-fr>
  <director>Pierre Laffargue</director>
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  <name>Black</name>
  <name-fr>Black</name-fr>
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  <slug>black</slug>
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  <updated-at type="datetime">2009-09-08T14:02:46-07:00</updated-at>
  <writer>Pierre Laffargue, Lucio Mad &amp; G&#225;bor Rassov</writer>
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