Completed - FRENCH - Drama, Action/Adventure
Critically acclaimed Joachim Lafosse brings to the screen the Zoe’s Ark controversy which made headlines in 2007: a story about the limits of the right of interference.
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Joachim LAFOSSE Writer(s) : Joachim LAFOSSE, Bulle DECARPENTRIES, Thomas VAN ZUYLEN Cast : Vincent LINDON, Louise BOURGOIN, Valérie DONZELLI, Réda KATEB Producer(s) : Jacques-Henri BRONCKART (VERSUS PRODUCTION), Olivier BRONCKART (VERSUS PRODUCTION), Sylvie PIALAT (LES FILMS DU WORSO)
Jacques Arnault, head of Sud Secours NGO, is planning a high impact operation : he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphans victims of Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Françoise Dubois, a journalist, is invited to come along with them and handle the media coverage for this operation. Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM, FRANCE Financing plan : Script Consultant - Thomas Bidegain Stills - Versus production / Les Films du Worso © Fabrizio Maltese
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Toronto - TIFF 2015 PlatformSan Sebastian FF 2015 - Official selection (Silver Shell for Best Director)