Directed by:
Elie WajemanCinematography:
David ChizalletCast:
Pio Marmaï, Cédric Kahn, Michaël Abiteboul, Guillaume Gouix, Adèle Haenel, Mar Sodupe, Jean-Marie Winling, Djibril Gueye, Sarah Lepicard (more)Plots(1)
Paris. Alex is twenty-seven. He makes a living selling drugs and pays off the debts of his brother Isaac who, after providing him with support, has become a burden for him. So when his cousin tells him that he is going to open a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex imagines joining him to start a new life at last. Determined to leave, Alex has to find money. But he also has to say goodbye to Paris, a city he loves, Esther, his ex, Mathias, his old friend and Jeanne whom he has just met. Torn between "aliyah" (the term for Jews returning to the Holy Land), his drug deals, his complex love life and a destructive brother, Alex has to find his own path. "Élie Wajeman maintains a consistently dark tone throughout the nar- rative, which is a moody character study with a slight genre hitch to it. While guns are never drawn and the violence is mostly of the verbal kind, Alex nonetheless becomes a hero whose quest to escape is not without a certain underlying tension and a few minor twists." (Viennale)
(more)Cast
Pio Marmaï
France
Best movies:
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
Happening (2021)
Yannick (2023)
Cédric Kahn
Best movies:
Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (1995)
Cold War (2018)
After Love (2016)
Michaël Abiteboul
France
Best movies:
Manderlay (2005)
The Stronghold (2020)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
Guillaume Gouix
France
Best movies:
Midnight in Paris (2011)
The Connection (2014)
Who You Think I Am (2019)
Adèle Haenel
France
Best movies:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
The Devils (2002)
120 Beats Per Minute (2017)
Mar Sodupe
Best movies:
The Bélier Family (2014)
La caza (2019) (series)
The White Crow (2018)
Jean-Marie Winling
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Custody (2017)
Djibril Gueye
France
Best movies:
Girlhood (2014)
Flic, tout simplement (2015) (TV movie)
Sarah Lepicard
Best movies:
The Hedgehog (2009)
Nicolas Le Floch (2008) (series)
All Is Forgiven (2007)
Sophie Bacry Picciotto
Best movies:
Sarah's Key (2010)
Superstar (2012)
The Women on the 6th Floor (2011)
Bertrand Constant
Best movies:
My Way (2012)
Superstar (2012)
Bird People (2014)
Olivier Desautel
Best movies:
Young & Beautiful (2013)
Les Anarchistes (2015)
Arsène Lupin (2004)
Zohar Wexler
Best movies:
When Pigs Have Wings (2011)
Elle (2016)
Ismael's Ghost (2017)