International Panorama · 44th Edition
For My Country
POUR LA FRANCE
Director
Rachid Hami
Country
France
Runtime
1 h 53 min
Language
French, Arabic, English, Mandarin
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at a French military academy. His family fights to win justice for him when the army refuses to take responsibility.
Cast
Lubna Azabal, Hugo Becker, Shaïn Boumedine
Screenplay
Rachid Hami, Ollivier Pourriol
Producers
Nicolas Mauvernay
About the Director
In 2003, Rachid Hami met Abdellatif Kechiche and later Arnaud Desplechin who supported his ambition to become a filmmaker. Following his 2005 short film NO EFFECT WITHOUT CAUSE, Rachid Hami made the medium-length film CHOISIR D'AIMER in 2007, a modern Romeo and Juliet starring Louis Garrel and Leïla Bekhti. In 2016, Rachid Hami directed his first feature film LA MÉLODIE, which premiered in Venice.
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