The Informant (French: Gibraltar), also known as Border Informant, is a 2013 French crime thriller film written and directed by Julien Leclercq.
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Plot
Marc Duval is a bar owner in Gibraltar. He is cornered by his creditors, so he agrees to become a paid informant for the French customs to report drug trafficking. He quickly finds himself drawn into events more and more dangerous and ends up being prosecuted as number two in a major drugs operation.
Cast
Gilles Lellouche as Marc Duval
Tahar Rahim as Redjani Belimane
Riccardo Scamarcio as Mario / Claudio Pasco Lanfredi
Raphaëlle Agogué as Clara Duval
Mélanie Bernier as Cécile Duval
Philippe Nahon as Glacose
Aidan Devine as Bobby Sims
Raymond Cruz as Lance
Peter Berg as Traveler 1
Ralph Brown as French Prime Minister
David Ortiz as GIGN 1
Sean Avery as GIGN 2
Michael Beach as David Patrick
Alex Wolff as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Rachel Brosnahan as Sarah
Christopher O'Shea as News Reporter
Vincent Curatola as Mike
Elizabeth Rohm as US Embassy 1
Kevin Chapman as Vincent
Oliver Cotton as Barry
Erica McDermott as News Reporter 1
Vlasta Vrána as Nichols
Alban Lenoir as Philippe
Joe Cobden as Agent Carlyle
Youssef Hajdi as The Messenger
Locations
The action takes place mostly in the area around La Línea, Gibraltar, and Algeciras in Andalucía, Southern Spain, and in the Strait that separates the Spanish mainland from Morocco. Marc's bar is opposite the entrance to the marketplace in La Línea, the frontier town with Gibraltar. Other scenes feature Algeciras port and the Gibraltar border and airport. It is the mid-1980s, after the Spanish transition to democracy and before the sophistication of the drugs trade across the Strait became more complex.
Reception
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 25%, based on eight reviews, with an average score of 4.75/10.