Credits
Title: | GRIGRIS |
Country: | Tschad 2013 |
Format: | DCP |
Colour: | Colour |
Language: | OF m. engl. UT |
Length: | 101 Minutes |
Film series: | 13. African Film Festival |
Director : | Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh |
Screenplay: | Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh |
Cinematography: | Héberlé, Antoine |
Editing: | Dozo, Marie-Hélène |
Music: | Diop, Wasis |
Cast: | Démé, Souleymane |
Guei, Cyril | |
Monory, Anaïs | |
Yelolo, Marius | |
Producer: | Stern, Florence |
Production company: | Pili Films |
Goï Goï Productions | |
France 3 Cinéma |
Storyline
At night, Souleymane, whose handicap makes walking difficult, transforms in N`Djamena’s discotheques into the acclaimed dancer GRIGRIS, who impresses people with his moves. There he also meets Mimi, a beautiful prostitute with whom he falls in love. When his stepfather becomes seriously ill, Souleymane desperately needs money, and he joins up with a gang of petrol smugglers. But soon, he goes from being a thief to being hunted.
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, one of the most successful directors from Africa, found the inspiration for his fifth feature film in the Chadian capital: “In N`Djamena, there are constantly car chases between border police and smugglers, and I wanted to make a crime film without falling into the usual clichés.” He discovered his main actor, the dancer Souleymane Démé, at a club in Ouagadougou while visiting the FESPACO 2011 film festival there. “When I saw him onstage, I knew immediately: that’s the hero of my film.”
GRIGRIS was the only African contribution amongst the official competition at the Cannes International Film Festival 2013.
Recommendation, experience, material
GRIGRISlief 2013 als einziger afrikanischer Beitrag im offiziellen Wettbewerb der Internationalen Filmfestspiele in Cannes.