Viktor

2014 • 97 minutes

À propos de ce film

In this fast-paced, film noir-style thriller, Viktor Lambert (Gérard Depardieu) is serving a seven-year sentence for an art heist in his native France, leaving his teen son’s welfare in the hands of a friend in Russia. When he learns of his son’s ruthless murder, just months before his release, he becomes obsessed with unraveling the mystery … and consumed with the desire for vengeance. Returning to Moscow, where he has a dark history himself, he enlists the help of his long-time love and criminal partner, glamorous Russian club owner Alexandra Ivanova (Elizabeth Hurley), and his lifelong best friend, renowned Chechen ballet choreographer Souliman (Eli Danker). Unconcerned with his own well-being, Viktor enters a dark and violent underworld of drugs, diamonds and smugglers, embarking on his own pitiless manhunt. When he discovers he is to become a grandfather, it sparks hope for redemption and gives him reason to live … But now he must also keep her safe from the same killers in a brutal game of cat and mouse. Can a father’s sins be redeemed … and a bitter man find his heart?