Fièvres
Synopsis
13-year-old Benjamin is a little soldier at war with life, adults, and himself. A tormented, highly sensitive child, he's been in and out of children's homes since he was five years old.
One day his mother is sent to prison and she reveals that Benjamin has a father. From then on, Benjamin's aim is simple: to get out of the children's home. When social workers give him a choice, he decides to go and live with the father he's never met.
His father, Karim Zeroubi, is forty years old, works as a packer at city hall, and lives with his parents in the highrise suburbs on the outskirts of Paris. He's a broken man, who has never managed to get away from the projects. He's happy to live or, rather, to wait for death.
Benjamin's arrival turns Karim's life and the family dynamic upside down. The boy's violence and extreme fragility frighten his new family, who have no idea how to handle him. Benjamin, an emotional whirlwind, reawaken his grandparents Kader and Zohra, who have been in a s...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : La Vingt-Cinquième Heure
- Film exports/foreign sales : La Vingt-Cinquième Heure
- French distribution : La Vingt-Cinquième Heure
- News agency (France) : Miam
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producers : Natacha Delmon Casanova, Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff
- Screenwriters : Hicham Ayouch, Aicha Yacoubi, Abdel-Hafed Benotman
- Director of Photography : Boubkar Benzabat
- Assistant Director : Martin Dinkov
- Editor : Julien Fouré
- Sound Recordist : Hassan Kamrani
- Costume designer : Mathieu Hennion
- Producer : Natacha Delmon Casanova
- Sound Assistant : Renaud Triboulet
- Assistant Operator : Prisca Bourgoin
- Production Manager : Enrique Torres
- Continuity supervisor : Caroline Leloup
- Production Designer : William Abello
- French Distributor : Gabriel Abenhaim
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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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International releases
| Country | Distributor | Buyer | Release date | Titre local |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Morocco | NC (Maroc) | 2015 | ||
 The Netherlands | NC (Pays-Bas) | 17/03/2016 | ||
 USA | N/A |
