23/11/2021 - Reda Kateb, Lyna Khoudri, Raphaël Personnaz and Samir Guesmi grace the cast of this 3B production, co-produced by France 2 Cinéma, Le Pacte and Wild Bunch

Actor Reda Kateb (© Maximilian Bühn), actress Lyna Khoudri and actors Raphaël Personnaz and Samir Guesmi (© Georges Biard)

8 November saw Rachid Bouchareb kicking off filming on Nos frangins [+see also:
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interview: Jean Bréhat
interview: Rachid Bouchareb
film profile] in 2007 (which also won the Best Actor award in Cannes 2006) and Outside the Law [+see also:
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For his latest opus, the director has assembled a cast composed of Reda Kateb (recently nominated for the 2020 Best Actor César by way of The Specials [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Kruithof
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interview: Mounia Meddour
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interview: Sylvie Ohayon
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Written by the novelist Kaouther Adimi alongside Rachid Bouchareb, the screenplay is said to be inspired by the story of Malik Oussekine, an affair of police violence which is believed to have caused the death of 22-year-old Malik Oussekine on the night of 5-6 December 1986, following several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill.

Nos frangins is produced by Rachid Bouchareb on behalf of 3B Productions, in co-production with France 2 Cinéma, Le Pacte and Wild Bunch. Pre-purchased by France Télévisions, Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film also enjoys support from the CNC and its Images de la Diversité fund, as well as from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the French Gironde and Charente-Maritime departments, and the SOFICA companies Cinémage and Cofinova. Currently unfolding in Bordeaux for a duration of 33 days, filming will wrap with a week spent in Paris in mid-December, with Guillaume Deffontaines (nominated for the 2017 César in his speciality by way of Slack Bay [+see also:
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Q&A: Bruno Dumont
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