This is the consecration for Samir Guesmi, 52, who sees this Wednesday evening at the Francophone film festival of Angoulême
Ibrahim
, his first feature film obtain the supreme award, a Valois diamond without counting those of the script, the setting on stage and music by Raphaël Eligoulachvili.
It was in competition with nine other films and is part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection.
The jury chaired by Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine was touched by the relationship between the young hero (impeccable Abdel Bendaher) and his father Ahmed écailler in a brasserie who coexist
"in isolation"
in an HLM in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
The actor himself plays in his film alongside Philippe Rebbot, Luàna Bajrami and rapper Rabah Naït Oufella (
Entre les Murs
by Laurent Cantet).
Parisian from Belleville, son of a cleaning lady and a construction worker, Samir Guesmi wanted for a long time to get behind the camera.
He had already spoken of the character of Ibrahim in a short film,
C'est dimanche,
in 2008. He made his debut in the theater, illustrated himself in television series (
Les RevENTS
,
Ben
, ...) and in the cinema : The aquatic effect of the late Solveig Anspach,
The ghosts of Ismael
by Arnaud Desplechin or
Camille redoubles
by Noémie Lvovsky.
The film, supported by Why Not Productions, is scheduled for release on December 9.
The public of the city of Charente has chosen to award its prize to
Un triomphe
, by Emmanuel Courcol, which will be released on October 28.
Kad Merad brilliantly plays an actor who gives theater lessons to inmates in a prison run by Marina Hands.
Two performers, Sofian Khammes (
Le Monde est à toi
by Romain Gavras) and Pierre Lottin (seen in the
Tuche
saga
) had the joy of obtaining the trophy for the best actor tied.