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Génération Kalach : la face cachée des cités

Génération Kalach : la face cachée des cités

2021 · 85 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary

This investigation explores the rise of a new generation of criminals in sensitive neighborhoods, using increasingly radical methods to settle scores with guns. Executions now happen over small sums of money or drugs, with both perpetrators and victims growing younger, affecting both large cities and smaller towns. Traffickers, hitmen, experts, police, and judges share their insights.

Directed by Jérôme Pierrat

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