Free Men
Synopsis
1942, in German-occupied Paris. Younes, a young unemployed Algerian, earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspects the Mosque authorities, among whom Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit, its Rector, of helping Resistance fighters and Jews by giving them false certificates. At the Mosque, Younes meets the Algerian singer Salim Halali. Younes is moved by Salim’s beautiful voice and forceful personality and they become friends. Soon after, he discovers that Salim is Jewish. In spite of the risks it entails, Younes stops collaborating with the police. Confronted by the horrors unfolding around him, Younes gradually evolves from being a politically ignorant immigrant worker into a fully-fledged freedom fighter.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Pyramide Productions
- Co-productions : France 3 Cinéma, Solaire Production, Vmp
- Associate producer : Backup Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Fabienne Vonier
- Screenwriters : Ismaël Ferroukhi, Alain-Michel Blanc
- Director of Photography : Jérôme Alméras
- Music Composer : Armand Amar
- Assistant Director : Stéphane Gluck
- Editor : Annette Dutertre
- Sound recordists : Jean-Paul Mugel, Séverin Favriau, Stéphane Thiébaut
- Costume designer : Virginie Montel
- Associate Producer : Stéphane Parthenay
- Line Producer : Stéphane Parthenay
- Production Manager : Marc Fontanel
- Press Attaché (film) : André-Paul Ricci
- Sound Editor : Léopold Roy
- Production Designer : Thierry François
- Casting : Brigitte Moidon
- Visual effects : Gilles Graziano
- Location Manager : François Pascaud
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
Box-office & releases
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Algeria
French-speaking Switzerland
News & awards
News (6)
Selections (15)
Awards (1)
Abu Dhabi International Film Festival
United Arab Emirates, 2011
Best Director from the Arab World : Ismaël Ferroukhi
Delegations (6)
Rendez-vous with French Cinema in the UK
Great Britain, 2012
Director : Ismaël Ferroukhi
Actor : Tahar Rahim
Rendez-Vous With French Cinema à New York
United States, 2012
Actor : Tahar Rahim
Director : Ismaël Ferroukhi
