Jack, a young thug, mingles with a bunch of hard boiled gangsters and tries to outsmart them. He ends up tied to a tree on a chain like a dog. A new adventure begins, not the one he had wished for.
Acting
Courbey's desperate swagger crumbling in real time
Direction
Chateau's lean, mean storytelling—no fat, all bite
Director
Olivier Chateau
Julien Courbey
Jack
Jean-Marie Lamour
L'homme
Jacques Frantz
Le patron
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Le grand patron
Abel Jafri
Le décontracté
Alexandre Pesle
L'assistant
Frédéric Saurel
Le gardien
Menelik
Le joueur roulette #1
Bruno Le Millin
Le joueur roulette #2
Jeanne Savary
La femme
François Feroleto
Le frimeur
Karim Belkhadra
Homme de main
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Olivier Chateau made this on a shoestring budget, shooting guerrilla-style in French industrial suburbs to capture authentic grime.
The title 'Asylum' isn't about mental institutions—it refers to Jack seeking protection from crime bosses, only to find none exists.
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