The Code

The Code — Plot

Dris is an ex-con, living in the borderline between a decent and a criminal life. He has a regular and simple work and lives a simple life with his wife Lise and loves his family. However, his childhood friends from his Arab community, including his best friend Yanis, are mobsters and his brother is a small time delinquent. Yanis tries to bring Dris back to his gang, and uses his former lover Nina to seduce him, taking him to expensive places to feel the importance of big money. Dris fights against the temptation, but an event will route him back to Yanis' gang and in a fight between gangs with tragic consequences for the whole community.

• Release date
• October 22, 2002
• Runtime
• 116 min
• Genres
• Drama, Action, Thriller
• Director
• Manuel Boursinhac

The Code — Cast

Samy Naceri Yanis Samuel Le Bihan Dris Clotilde Courau Nina Michel Duchaussoy Fèche Philippe Nahon Simon Francis Renaud Niglo Marie Guillard Lise Bibi Naceri Rouquin