Completed - Drama
The night of November 13, 2015 changes everything for Antoine. Hélène, his wife and mother of his young son, dies during the terrorist attacks at the Bataclan club in Paris. In a moving Facebook post, he counters the hatred with the love for his son – a message, that moves people worldwide.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Kilian RIEDHOF Writer(s) : Marc BLÖBAUM, Jan BRAREN, Stéphanie KALFON, Kilian RIEDHOF Cast : Pierre DELADONCHAMPS, Zoé IORIO, Camélia JORDANA Producer(s) : Janine JACKOWSKI (KOMPLIZEN FILM GMBH), Jonas DORNBACH , Maren ADE
On November 13, 2015, Antoine (Pierre Deladonchamps) sees his wife Hélène (Camélia Jordana) for the last time. She will be the victim this evening, along with eighty-nine other people, of the terrorist attacks in the Le Bataclan concert hall in Paris. While the world, shocked and deeply saddened, tries to find an explanation for the incomprehensible, the journalist posts an open letter on Facebook. In moving words, he addresses the assassins and denies "the dead souls" his hatred – and that of his then seventeen-month-old son Melvil. On Friday night, you stole the life of an exceptional being, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate. The post triggers an international wave of empathy and is printed on the front page of Le Monde.However, Antoine struggles internally with despair and hatred, but which he does not want to give any space to. Only when he realizes how much his little son needs him does he confront the new reality: a life that accepts loss and ventures a new beginning. A new beginning that knows the fragility of happiness, but does not lose faith in life. This he owes to Hélène and his son...Kilian Riedhof’s film YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY HATE tells the story of the devastating attacks in Paris from the very personal perspective of a father. It is the snapshot of a life in a state of emergency and a defiant beacon of freedom, of love and a fragile new beginning.Based on the autobiographical novel by Antoine Leiris.
Country(ies) : FRANCE, GERMANY
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American Film Market (AFM) 2022