Legal Aid
2009, French. Directed by Hannelore Cayre.
At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his mission but, lately, his little income and his arduous working conditions have been eroding his idealism. So, when Henry Marsac, a leading (but seemingly corrupt), professional colleague, offers him to work on bigger and more lucrative cases, he ends up accepting. Little does he know what Marsac is up to...
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- 1h 31m
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- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Hannelore CayreDirector
- Roschdy ZemAntoine Lahoud
- Mathias MlekuzBertrand
- Sophie GuilleminGarance Leclerc
- Jean-Pierre MartinsBarsamian
- Jean-Philippe ÉcoffeyHenry Marsac
- Brigitte VirtudesMadame Fontabrisse - la concierge
- Jacky NercessianLa seconde présidente du tribunal (as Jackie Nercessian)
- Jean-Claude MontheilLe juge d'instruction
- Nathalie LacroixLa greffière
- Pierre LondicheMaître Le Peltier Pouchard
- Rodolphe Le CorreLe deuxième truand (as Rodolphe Le Cor)
- Toni HristovDostom (as Toni Hristoff)
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- 6 May 2009
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- France
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Legal Aid runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Legal Aid isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 May 2009. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Legal Aid?
Legal Aid (2009) was directed by Hannelore Cayre and stars Roschdy Zem, Mathias Mlekuz, Sophie Guillemin.