Canadian Film Institute
THE FRONT LINE

dir. David Gleeson
Ireland
93 minutes
2008 EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL
Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada
Saturday, November 15th
9:00 pm
Joe Yumba arrives in Dublin by way of the Congo and finds a job as a security guard at a bank.  With visible scars on his body from his past, it is obvious that Joe hopes he has found the peaceful, safe environment he wants for his wife Kala and son Daniel. It doesn’t take long, however, for trouble to find Joe – in the form of local criminal Eddie Gilroy and his gang who take Kala and Daniel hostage and force Joe to be an ‘inside man’ in a midnight bank heist. The secrets of Joe’s past, meanwhile, begin to be unearthed and reveal that he and his family are not what they seem. LINE combines a penetrating depiction of strife in Africa and the difficulties of the immigrant experience with the exciting intrigues and plot-twists of the urban crime thriller.

Un thriller rude et passionnant axé sur le difficile vécu d'un Africain récemment immigré. Joe Yumba arrive à Dublin par voie du Congo et se trouve un emploi de gardien dans une banque. Les cicatrices visibles de son passé parlent évidemment de son espoir d'avoir trouvé un milieu pacifique et sûr pour sa femme Kala et son fils Daniel. Le destin -- sous les traits du gangster Eddie Gilroy et de sa bande -- ne tarde pas cependant à le retrouver. Les membres du gang enlèvent Kala et Daniel, et forcent Joe à leur donner accès au coffre-fort de la banque à minuit.


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