During a surprised attack, all the troop will be decimated in a few seconds.

Only the captain of the squad, major Bates, will survive.

Later, Bates take the command of a new soldiers troop.

The long walk which he imposes to his men affects his authority and moral troops.

Gradually, the tension becomes real between Bates and his first lieutenant.

Lieutenant Dickson, young graduate of the military academy, will have to choose soon between his duty and his own convictions.

In front of the Indian's sacred territory,
the major must make an important decision.
Against the general opinion, he decides to desecrate, once more,
this prohibited territory.

Intention Notes

At the beginning, TERRITOIRE INTERDIT (PROHIBITED TERRITORY) was to be an exercise of style. Christophe Monier, the director, wanted to try out a genre. The action movie.

Therefore, he wrote a history of soldiers whose crossing is punctuated attacks and battles. Starting will (and the challenge) being to succeed to recreate, today, a few kilometres from Paris, a typically american western.

For that purpose, the credibility of this film was to rest on specific codes to this genre of cinema. A Hollywood music, a dynamic editing and convincing cast.

A ambitious (and risked) bet, which we won today... well beyond our hopes ! Because, if the references are American, the film remains a french film. Also, we insufflated to him a touch much more personal, not stripped of poetry.