Gagarine
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Cinematography | Victor Seguin |
Edited by | Daniel Darmon |
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Production company | Haut et Court |
Distributed by | Haut et Court |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Gagarine, also known as Gagarin,[1] is a 2020 French drama film directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, in their feature directorial debut. It centres around Cité Gagarine, a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, on the south of Paris, where the film was shot right before its demolition.[2]
The film was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for the European Discovery at the 33rd European Film Awards.[3]
Plot[]
Youri, a 16-year-old boy living in Cité Gagarine, a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, protests the planned demolition of the community.
Cast[]
- Alséni Bathily as Youri
- Lyna Khoudri as Diana
- Jamil McCraven as Houssam
- Finnegan Oldfield as Dali
- Farida Rahouadj as Fari
- Denis Lavant as Gérard
Production[]
Gagarine is an expansion of the directors' 2015 short of the same name, their first film. They first interviewed residents of Cité Gagarine at the request of architects who were studying the possible demolition of the building, which inspired them to write a fictional film set in the project.[4]
Release[]
Gagarine was included in the First Features section of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] It was screened for press and industry in an online edition of the Cannes Marché du Film in June 2020.[1] It was subsequently screened at the Zurich Film Festival in September 2020.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b Lemercier, Fabien (24 June 2020). "Review: Gagarin". Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Ducrocq, Marion (14 August 2019). "Ivry : Gagarine, une cité, et bientôt un film". Le Parisien. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Dalton, Ben (8 October 2020). "'Gagarine', 'Instinct' among six European Film Awards Discovery nominees". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Presskit" (PDF). Totem Films. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Sharf, Zack (3 June 2020). "Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: 'French Dispatch,' 'Ammonite,' New McQueen and Ghibli". IndieWire. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Bałaga, Marta (30 September 2020). "Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh • Directors of Gagarin". Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
External links[]
- 2020 films
- French-language films
- 2020 drama films
- 2020s French-language films
- French drama films
- Films set in Île-de-France
- Films shot in Île-de-France