For My Country

Name: For My Country
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022
Duration: 113 min

Director: Rachid Hami

Rights:

2022/ France - Taiwan113 min/ Drama

Original Title

لأجل وطني

SYNOPSIS

An Algerian-born young officer named Aissa tragically dies during the freshman initiation ritual at the elite French military institution of Saint-Cyr. Controversy emerges over Aissa’s funeral plans as his death rips through his family and the army refuses to take responsibility. His elder, a more rebellious brother, Ismael, works to keep the family together while they seek justice for Aissa.

CAST

Hugo Becker
Karim Leklou
Alicia Hava
Lubna Azabal
Shaïn Boumedine
Slimane Dazi
Samir Guesmi
Laurent Lafitte
Vivian Sung
Souhade Temimi
Elyes Aguis

CREW

Screenwriter: Rachid Hami, Ollivier Pourriol
DOP: Jérôme Almeras
Editor: Joëlle Hache

Production Company(ies)

Mizar Films

Producer(s)

Nicolas Mauvernay

Venice International Film Festival

Stockholm International Film Festival

Cairo International Film Festival

Quotes

“It’s an emotive set-up but told in an unsentimental fashion.”
Deadline

“The director’s strength lies in his depiction of the domestic, and the way he integrates the family’s faith into the film helps to root his story in a firm reality.”
ScreenDaily

“But the genius of the film lies in the fact that the story is told in a way that allows the viewer to fill in the silences.”
MIME News

“Pain emerges clearly and intensely due to the admirable management of the feelings that bind and divide the characters of the story.”
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