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LE CHANT DES HOMMES
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Completed - ENGLISH, ARABIC - Drama - 90 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2011 (Debut)
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Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Bénédicte LIÉNARD, Mary JIMENEZ
Writer(s) : Bénédicte LIENARD, Mary JIMENEZ
Cast : Assaâd BOUAB, Maryam ZAREE, Ahmet RIFAT SUNGAR, Sam LOUWYCK

Producer(s) : Joseph ROUSCHOP (TARANTULA), Donato ROTUNNO (TARANTULA LUXEMBOURG), Marianne DUMOULIN (JBA PRODUCTION)

Synopsis

A handful of men and women from around the world, illegal migrants, decide to go on a hunger strike. In a church, they gather around a leader, Kader, who seems to know the path for them to follow.
Under his orders, Esma unites the group around daily tasks.
Day after day with the strikers, she braves the fast and the anxiety of a struggle in which life and death are at stake.
In an overcrowded environment, sharing their fears and their hopes, the different members of the group learn to live together. But Kader, tempted by a black market organized around illegal immigrants, betrays the group. Later, while Esma’s struggle becomes more and more radical, she discovers the « deal » made by Kader.
Betrayed by their leader, on the verge of implosion, what outcome for this group in their life and death struggle?

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE

Start of shooting : May 2014

Festivals and Awards

Festival International du Film de Thessalonique 2015 (Selection Open Horizons)
Festival International du Film de Marrakech 2015 (Selection Coup de Coeur)
Prague International Film Festival 2016
Luxembourg City Film Festival 2016
Festival International du Film Independant - Cinemondes 2016
Festival Cinéma d'Alès 2016
Aghanistan International Women Film Festival 2016


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