Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

The wrong path is often the best.

2003•1h 51m•5.9/10

DramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(68)

"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. Although other gang members feel out of their league, Jean persuades them to take part and Caty finds herself in a hellish world of betrayal, violence and murder.

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Production

Vertigo Productions, M6 Films, Ce qui me meut motion pictures, TPS Star, M6

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Marie Gillain

Marie Gillain

Caty

Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger

La call-girl

Camille Natta

Camille Natta

Liz

Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Freddy

Dimitri Storoge

Dimitri Storoge

Loulou

Vincent Elbaz

Vincent Elbaz

Jean

Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

Mouss

Natacha Lindinger

Natacha Lindinger

Caprice

Jocelyn Lagarrigue

Jocelyn Lagarrigue

Gilles - télesurveillance

Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Le Directeur du Dépôt

Thierry Levaret

Thierry Levaret

Le Vigile

Michaël Abiteboul

Michaël Abiteboul

Bernard - Le King

Robert Plagnol

Robert Plagnol

Le Journaliste Caprice

Michaël Tissier

Anthony Karparian, le fils de Freddy (as Mickaël Tissier)

Didier Menin

Concierge Marriott

Thierry Flamand

Thierry Flamand

Le Journaliste

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