French-Moroccan actor Kamel Labroudi to star as Tunisian street vendor who took his own life as a protest.
German production outfit DETAiLFILM and Paris-based Cinenovo are teaming with Us companies Beachside Films and Anonymous Content on Before The Spring, a drama based on the life of Mohamed Bouazizi.
Bouazizi was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire in protest of his treatment by officials; the act of defiance was one of the catalysts for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
Egyptian-British filmmaker Lotfy Nathan is making his narrative feature debut on the project. Nathan’s documentary 12 O’Clock Boys,...
German production outfit DETAiLFILM and Paris-based Cinenovo are teaming with Us companies Beachside Films and Anonymous Content on Before The Spring, a drama based on the life of Mohamed Bouazizi.
Bouazizi was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire in protest of his treatment by officials; the act of defiance was one of the catalysts for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
Egyptian-British filmmaker Lotfy Nathan is making his narrative feature debut on the project. Nathan’s documentary 12 O’Clock Boys,...
- 5/17/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Of course a filmmaker of André Téchiné’s standing doesn’t simply “toss off” a feature, but it remains dispiriting that a director who can make emotionally trenchant movies — including the recent success “Being 17” — is also able to turn out duds like “Farewell to the Night.” Though “based on an original idea,” there’s very little originality in this story of a woman (Catherine Deneuve) discovering her grandson has been radicalized by Islamist extremists. As one of the more inclusive Western directors when it comes to Arab talent, Téchiné aims for a bit of character balance, but in the end, the film stumbles into the usual banal pitfalls and features some truly lamentable scenes. A modest Euro release is the best that can be expected.
Clunky chapter demarcations — “First day of spring 2015,” “Second day of spring 2015,” etc. — unintentionally call attention to how slowly each day passes rather than lend...
Clunky chapter demarcations — “First day of spring 2015,” “Second day of spring 2015,” etc. — unintentionally call attention to how slowly each day passes rather than lend...
- 2/12/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
Farewell to the Night (L’Adieu a la nuit)
French auteur André Téchiné reunites with Catherine Deneuve for the eighth time with Farewell to the Night (L’Adieu a la nuit), which is also being called Les enemies (Enemies). This follows Hotel America; Scene of the Crime; My Favorite Season; Thieves; Changing Times; The Girl on the Train; In the Name of My Daughter. Produced by Olivier Delbosc for Curiosa Films and co-produced by Arte France Cinema, Techine also reunites with his Being 17 (2016) star Kacey Mottet-Klein with a supporting cast including Oulaya Amamra (Divines) and Kamel Labroudi (Apaches).…...
French auteur André Téchiné reunites with Catherine Deneuve for the eighth time with Farewell to the Night (L’Adieu a la nuit), which is also being called Les enemies (Enemies). This follows Hotel America; Scene of the Crime; My Favorite Season; Thieves; Changing Times; The Girl on the Train; In the Name of My Daughter. Produced by Olivier Delbosc for Curiosa Films and co-produced by Arte France Cinema, Techine also reunites with his Being 17 (2016) star Kacey Mottet-Klein with a supporting cast including Oulaya Amamra (Divines) and Kamel Labroudi (Apaches).…...
- 1/7/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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