For My Country

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

Director: Rachid Hami

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Highlights

World premiered at Venice, where it was nominated for Best Film
Nominated for Stockholm’s Bronze Horse for Best Film
Screened at over a dozen film festivals, winning two awards and released on Netflix
Features a star-studded cast, including Lobna Azabal (BODY OF LIES), Hugo Becker (BARON NOIR), and Karim Leklou (VINCENT MUST DIE)
A deeply personal and human story about an Arab Muslim family living in France that touches on universal themes such as integration, faith, family, and belonging in an increasingly globalized world

2022/ France - Taiwan113 min/ Drama

Original Title

لأجل وطني

SYNOPSIS

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

CAST

Hugo Becker, Karim Leklou, Alicia Hava, Lubna Azabal

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

Sarlat International Cinema Festival

Golden Horse Film Festival

Seville European Film Festival

Cairo International Film Festival

International Film Festival of India

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

Tripoli Film Festival

META Film Festival

Festival Cinématographique D’automne de Gardanne

Audience Award at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

Best Actor Award for Karim Leklou at the Sarlat International Cinema Festival

Reviews

Anna Smith-Deadline

Amber Wilkinson -Screen Daily

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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