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Five kilos of cocaine, an Algerian father with a shadowy past and an Islamophobic bailiff collide on 11 September 2011.
When foul-tempered civil servant François (the charismatic Hippolyte Giradot) arrives at a rundown Parisian apartment to serve an eviction notice on Mohand (French-Algerian comedian Mohamed Felagg), things go quickly awry: Mohand's delinquent, dope-dealing son Salem - thinking he's about to be nabbed for the cocaine he's hidden in the flat - panics and pulls a gun.
Top Floor Left Wing follows the ensuing day-long siege as it disintegrates into riotous farce, replete with tabloid media circus, trigger-happy cops and uncomfortable political confrontations. A whirlwind of secrets, stupidity and snipers, Top Floor Left Wing is a piercing satire of the contradictions that abound in a racially unsettled Paris.
"Grippingly clever... combines nail-biting ambience with stabs of humour and cross-cultural bonding." - Variety
D/S Angelo Cianci P Edgar Tenenbaum - Tu Vas Voir WS Memento Films L French w/English subtitles TD 35mm/2010