By Marianne Tardieu
Country: France
Language: French
Original title: Qui vive
Casting: Reda Kateb, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Moussa Mansaly
Production year: 2014
Runtime: 01h23
Production company: La Vie Est Belle Films, Oriflamme Films
Chérif, in his thirties and having moved back in with his parents, is trying to pass the nursing exam. In the meantime, he works a job as a security guard to get by. He manages to pass the written section of the exam and meets a woman he likes, Jenny…. But the kids from the hood who hang out at the mall where he works are starting to get to him. To finally get them off his back, he agrees to tip off a friend about an upcoming delivery. But in the course of that night, Chérif’s life goes off the rails…
Cannes 2014 – Acid
Festival de la Rochelle 2014
Karlovy Vary IFF 2014
Lima IFF 2014
Espoo Cine IFF 2014
Athens IFF 2014
Zurich IFF 2014
Haifa IFF 2014
Antalya Golden Orange FF 2014
Ghent IFF 2014
Sao Paulo IFF 2014
FIFF Tubingen-Stuttgart 2014 – International Competition – Best Actor Prize for Reda Kateb
Stockholm IFF 2014
Icaf Chennai 2014
Vilnius IFF 2015
Santa Barbara IFF 2015
Pune IFF 2015