Cast
Forest Whitaker
(Garnett)
Harvey Keitel
(Bill Agati)
Brenda Blethyn
(Emily Smith)
Dolores Heredia
(Teresa)
Luis Guzman
(Terence)
Ellen Burstyn
(Mère Garnett)
PRODUCTION
Crew
| Director | Rachid Bouchareb |
| Adaptation and dialog | Olivier Lorelle Yasmina Khadra Rachid Bouchareb |
| Based on the film | Deux Hommes dans la Ville |
| Directed by | José Giovanni |
| Original script and adaptation | José Giovanni |
| Dialogs | José Giovanni et Daniel Boulanger |
| Cast | Avy Kaufman (CSA) |
| Original score | Eric Neveux |
| Director of photography | Yves Cape (AFC - BFC) |
| Editing | Yannick Kergoat |
| Production designer | Yan Arlaud |
| Costume designer | Graciela Mazon |
| Sound | Jean-Yves Munch Oliver Walczak Sébastien Wera Thomas Gauder |
| First assistant director | Mathieu Schiffman |
| Script girl | Elodie Van Beuren |
| Line producer | Louise Lovegrove |
| Post-production supervisor | Cédric Ettouati |
| Executive producer | Jean Bréhat et Jérôme Seydoux |
| Coproducers | Mustapha Orif Jonathan Blumental Charles S. Cohen Allen Bain Abdelkrim Bouchareb Geneviève Lemal |
| Associate producer and production manager | Muriel Merlin |
| Associate producers | Paul Giovanni Roman Le Grand |
Co-production France - Algeria - USA
| Production | TESSALIT PATHÉ |
| associated with | l'AARC (Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel) |
| with the support of | FDATIC - Algérie |
| Coproduction | FRANCE 2 CINEMA COHEN MEDIA GROUP SOLENZARA FILMS ARTISTS & CO TASSILI FILMS SCOPE PICTURES |
| with the support of | FRANCE TELEVISIONS CANAL+ CINE+ |
| World sales | PATHÉ INTERNATIONAL |
| Press | HASSAN GUERRAR |
After a troubled youth and 18 years in prison, William Garnett (Forest Whitaker) is being released. With the help of an idealistic parole agent and his new-found Islamic faith, Garnett struggles to rebuild his life and overcome the violent impulses which possess him.
But Bill Agati (Harvey Keitel), the Sheriff of the small New Mexico border county where Garnett is released, has other ideas. Convinced that Garnett is unredeemable and is a threat to the security of his county, Agati launches a campaign to return Garnett to prison for life.
