The white knights

The white knights

FEATURE - completed
107 min | Adventure, Drama | 2016

Credits

Director: Joachim LAFOSSE
Cast: Vincent LINDON, Louise BOURGOIN, Valérie DONZELLI, Reda KATEB, Bintou RIMTOBAYE, Stéphane BISSOT, Raphaëlle BRUNEAU, Jean-Henri COMPERE, Philippe REBBOT, Yannick RENIER, Tatjana ROJO, Catherine SALEE, Luc VAN GRUNDERBEECK

Synopsis

Jacques Arnault, head of the NGO "Move For Kids", has persuaded French families struggling to adopt to back a mission to airlift orphans from a war-torn African country. Surrounded by a team of volunteers devoted to his cause, he has one month to find 300 infants and bring them back to France. However, in order to succeed, he has to convince his contacts in Africa and the village chiefs that he is going to set up an orphanage and ensure a future in the country for these young war victims, concealing the ultimate goal of his expedition…

Director: Joachim LAFOSSE
Cast: Vincent LINDON, Louise BOURGOIN, Valérie DONZELLI, Reda KATEB, Bintou RIMTOBAYE, Stéphane BISSOT, Raphaëlle BRUNEAU, Jean-Henri COMPERE, Philippe REBBOT, Yannick RENIER, Tatjana ROJO, Catherine SALEE, Luc VAN GRUNDERBEECK
Year: 2016
Producers Versus production (BE), Les films du Worso (FR)
Distribution O'Brother Distribution (BE), Le Pacte (FR)
International Sales Indie Sales

Crew

 

PHOTOGRAPHY : Jean-François HENSGENS

PICTURE EDITING : Sophie VERCRUYSSE, Yann DEDET

SOUND : Christophe GIOVANONNI, Ingrid SIMON, Valérie LE DOCTE et Thomas GAUDER

SET DESIGN : Olivier RADOT

COSTUME DESIGN : Pascaline CHAVANNE

PRODUCTION MANAGER : Béatrice CHAUVIN-BALLAY

POST-PRODUCTION MANAGER : Nicolas SACRE, Toufik AYADI

MUSIC : APPARAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General information

RELEASE DATE : 20 january 2016 (FR), 27 january 2016 (BE)

GENRE : Drama

RUNNING TIME : 112 min

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE :  french

ASPECT RATIO : Scope

DVD RELEASE DATE : 3 june 2016 (BE)

A COPRODUCTION : Versus production,
Les films du Worso, France 3 Cinéma,
BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance, Le Pacte, Prime Time, RTBF (Télévision belge), Proximus

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF : Canal+
Ciné+
France Télévisions

WITH THE SUPPORT OF : du Tax shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge d'Inver Invest

IN ASSOCIATION WITH : Indie Sales Company et Indie Invest Soficinéma 10

WITH THE SUPPORT OF : d'Eurimages
de la Wallonie et de la région de Bruxelles-Capitale du Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne

WITH THE SUPPORT OF : du Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles et de VOO du Fonds Audiovisuel de Flandre (VAF)

 

 

 

Festivals

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL - Coquillage d'argent du Meilleur Réalisateur

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Full Cast

Vincent Lindon

Vincent Lindon

Valérie Donzelli

Valérie Donzelli

Reda Kateb

Reda Kateb

Louise Bourgoin

Louise Bourgoin

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