'' The Connection '' ( ) is a 2014 action crime thriller film directed by Cédric Jimenez and produced by Alain Goldman . The film was inspired by the events of the French Connection in the 1970s , starring Jean Dujardin as police magistrate Pierre Michel ( juge ) and Gilles Lellouche as Gaëtan " Tany " Zampa , a drug gang ringleader . The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2014
Toronto International Film Festival
2014 Toronto International Film Festival
The Connection (2014 action film)