THE WHITE KNIGHTS
synopsis
Jacques Arnault, head of Move for Kids NGO, is planning a high impact operation : he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphans victims of Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.
international title: | The White Knights |
original title: | Les Chevaliers blancs |
country: | Belgium, France |
sales agent: | Indie Sales |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Joachim Lafosse |
film run: | 112' |
release date: | FR 20/01/2016,BE 27/01/2016 |
screenplay: | Joachim Lafosse, Bulle Decarpentries, Thomas Van Zuylen |
cast: | Louise Bourgoin, Vincent Lindon, Valérie Donzelli, Reda Kateb, Stéphane Bissot, Catherine Salée, Yannick Renier |
cinematography by: | Jean-François Hensgens |
film editing: | Sophie Vercruysse |
art director: | Olivier Radot |
costumes designer: | Pascaline _Chavanne (id:57622) |
producer: | Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Sylvie Pialat |
production: | Versus Production, Les Films du Worso, France 3 Cinéma |
backing: | Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, VOO, Wallonie, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Canal+, Ciné+, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Inver Invest, Indie Sales, Eurimages, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Programme Media (CE), O’Brother Distribution, Soficinéma, Angoa-Agicoa, CNC |
distributor: | Le Pacte, O'Brother Distribution, One from the Heart |