French Connection II

French Connection II is a 1975 crime drama film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a fictional sequel to the initially true story of the 1971 Academy Award winning picture The French Connection. The film expands on the central character of Det. Jimmy Popeye Doyle who travels to Marseille, France where he is attempting to track down French drugdealer Alain Charnier, who got away at the end of the first film. Hackman and Fernando Rey are the only returning cast members.

Doyle continues to struggle with the language and tries to order drinks in a bar. He eventually makes himself understood, befriending a bartender while buying him drinks and they eventually stumble out of the bar together at closing time. Determined to find Charnier on his own, Popeye escapes from his French escorts. While Doyle watches a beach volleyball match, Charnier sees him from a restaurant below. Charnier sends his henchmen to follow Doyle through the town, where they capture him and take him to a hotel for interrogation.For several weeks, Doyle is injected with heroin in effort to force him into capitulation. Scenes of his growing addiction follow, including one in which an elderly lady visits him in his befuddled state. She talks to him, declaring herself to be English, and saying that her son is just like him, while stroking his arm. Initially she seems compassionate to his plight, but a change in the camera angle reveals her track marks and that she is slowly removing his watch. ........

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