Adam
In a small Moroccan bakery, widow Abla gradually opens her heart to Samia, an young unmarried pregnant woman she takes into her home.
98'
Morocco
IFFR 2020
Part of Victor Hugo’s 19th-century classic Les Misérables was set in Montfermeil, a Parisian suburb where Malinese Ladj Ly grew up and where he filmed the riots that would spread to banlieues across France in 2005. In his feature film debut, tensions rise in Les Bosquets, a neighbourhood of run-down tower blocks. Cop Stéphane, who had himself transferred from the countryside to Montfermeil, experiences his first day on the beat in this restless district. It becomes a baptism of fire with two colleagues who have their own methods.
Ly was clearly inspired by Mathieu Kassovitz's La haine (1995), the film that made him decide to become a filmmaker. Little has improved in the banlieues Ly reveals with this intense, explosive drama that shared the Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Winner IFFR Youth Jury Award 2020.
IFFR 2020
- 102'
- France
- 2019
- Director
- Ladj Ly
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 102'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- French
- Producers
- Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
- Production Company
- SRAB Films
- Sales
- Wild Bunch
- Screenplay
- Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Manenti
- Cinematography
- Julien Poupard
- Editor
- Flora Volpelière
- Production Design
- Karim Lagati
- Music
- Pink Noise
- Cast
- Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica, Jeanne Balibar
- Local Distributor
- Paradiso Filmed Entertainment (NL)
- Director
- Ladj Ly
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 102'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- French
- Producers
- Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
- Production Company
- SRAB Films
- Sales
- Wild Bunch
- Screenplay
- Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Manenti
- Cinematography
- Julien Poupard
- Editor
- Flora Volpelière
- Production Design
- Karim Lagati
- Music
- Pink Noise
- Cast
- Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica, Jeanne Balibar
- Local Distributor
- Paradiso Filmed Entertainment (NL)
Programme IFFR 2020
Limelight
Avant-premieres of some of the cinematic highlights of the year: international award-winners and festival favourites which will be released in Dutch cinemas after IFFR.
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Lyrical road movie and coming-of-age story about twelve-year-old Paul, who falls in love with young psychiatric patient Gloria.
98'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
Atlantique
In Dakar, two young lovers have a star-crossed relationship. Fate may bring them together in this beautiful, darkly romantic tale.
104'
France
IFFR 2020