Belleville Cop

Belleville Cop is a French police comedy film directed by Rachid Bouchareb and premiere-released in 2018. Leading actors are Omar Sy, Luis Guzmán and Franck Gastambide. Film was presented at French Cinepanorama (Hong Kong French Film Festival) 2018, on three screens. Plot Born in Belleville (Paris neighbourhood), Sebastian Bouchard, known as "Baaba", became a police officer. He is determined to stay in Belleville, to the despair of his girlfriend wishing to live elsewhere. Baaba is struggling to get away from his slightly invasive mother. One night in a restaurant, Roland, his childhood friend, is murdered before his eyes. Roland was a liaison officer at the Consulate General of France in Miami and was visiting Paris for an investigation into drug trafficking. Baaba then decides to go to Florida, taking with him his mother. In Miami, he is flanked by a jaded and irascible local cop, Ricardo Garcia. The two men will then be forced to work together despite everything that separates them.