Made in France (film)

Made in France
Film poster
Directed by	Nicolas Boukhrief
Written by	Éric Besnard Nicolas Boukhrief
Produced by	Clément Miserez Matthieu Warter
Starring	Malik Zidi Dimitri Storoge François Civil Nassim Si Ahmed Ahmed Dramé
Cinematography	Patrick Ghiringhelli
Edited by	Lydia Decobert
Music by	Robin Coudert
Production companies	Radar Films Pretty Pictures
Distributed by	Pretty Pictures
Release dates	4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) (Busan) 27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) (France)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Made in France (working title: L'Enquête) is a 2015 French thriller crime drama film directed by Nicolas Boukhrief and co-written by Boukhrief with Éric Besnard. Filming began on 25 August 2014 in Paris, and wrapped on 3 October 2014. The film had its premiere at the 20th Busan International Film Festival in October 2015.^[1][2]

Plot

Sam, a freelance journalist, decides to investigate the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young people who have been tasked with the creation of a jihadist cell and whose mission is to destabilise the city centre of Paris.

Cast

• Malik Zidi as Sam
• Dimitri Storoge as Hassan
• François Civil as Christophe
• Nassim Si Ahmed as Driss
• Ahmed Dramé as Sidi
• Franck Gastambide as Dubreuil
• Judith Davis as Laure
• Nailia Harzoune as Zora
• Nicolas Grandhomme as Herbelin
• Assaad Bouab as The imam
• Malek Oudjail as Ahmed
• Laurent Alexandre as the tattooed man

Release

The film was initially set for release in early 2015. However, the original distributor SND Films exited the project after the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, apparently due to the sensitivity of the subject matter. The rights to the film were then acquired by Pretty Pictures.^[3]

The release was delayed to 18 November 2015; however following the Paris attacks on 13 November 2015, Pretty Pictures withdrew the promotional campaign and delayed release again.^[4] The film was released on video-on-demand on TF1 on 29 January 2016.^[5]

The postponement made international news. It was reported in the United States SA (e.p. Los Angeles Times,^[6] Time,^[7] Daily News,^[8] The Washington Examiner^[9]), Australia (e.p. SBS,^[10] News.com.au^[11]), Great Britain (e.p.The Guardian,^[12] The Daily Telegraph^[13]), Germany (e.p.Stern,^[14] Handelsblatt,^[15] Focus,^[16] Der Tagesspiegel ^[17]), Italy (e.p. The Huffington Post^[18] and Il Foglio^[19]) and other countries all over the world.

References

1. "Nicolas Boukhrief shooting L'Enquête". Cineuropa. 8 September 2014.
2. "Made in France". Pretty Pictures. 22 February 2015.
3. "Un Français fait peur, mais peur de quoi ?". Première.
4. AP, via Toronto Star: "U2, Foo Fighters cancel Paris gigs after deadly attacks", 14 November 2015.
5. Willsher, Kim (24 January 2016). "'I'd rather have prevented the Paris attacks than predicted them' says film director". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
6. "'Made in France' release postponed following attacks in Paris". Los Angeles Times. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
7. "French Terror Attack Film Postpones Release". Time. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
8. "Release of film about terrorists attacking Paris postponed". Daily News (New York). 14 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
9. "The dark prediction of 'Made in France'". The Washington Examiner. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
10. "French terrorist thriller 'Made in France' release postponed". SBS (Australian TV channel). 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
11. "French terrorism thriller Made in France delayed after Paris attacks". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
12. Child, Ben (16 November 2015). "Release of film about French terror cell called off after Paris attacks". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
13. "French jihadist thriller pulled from cinemas". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
14. "Wegen erschreckender Parallelen: Kinostart von Terrorfilm abgesagt". Stern. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
15. "Französischer Terror-Thriller kommt zur Unzeit". Handelsblatt. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
16. "Nach Anschlägen: Terror-Thriller "Made in France" verschoben". Focus. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
17. "Dschihad auf der Leinwand". Der Tagesspiegel Online. Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
18. ""Made in France" di Nicolas Boukhrief, rinviata l'uscita del thriller sui jihadaisti in Francia". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
19. ""Made in France", il film sugli attentati in Francia (ma che è stato girato prima che avvenissero)". Il Foglio. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

External links

• Made in France at IMDb