Retour à Bollène-en – Mont Fleuri Production

Return to Bollène

by Saïd Hamich

Retour_a_Bollène_Said Hamich_Barney Production

Retour à Bollene_Saïd Hamich_Anas El Baz

Film

Title: Return to Bollène

Director: Saïd Hamich

Duration : 67′

Year of production: 2018

Genre: Fiction

Country: France, Morocco

Release date: 30/05/2018 (France)

Production: Barney Production – Mont Fleuri Production

Synopsis:

Nassim, in his early thirties, lives in Abu Dhabi with his American fiancée, Elisabeth. After several years of absence, he returns with her to Bollene, a town in the South of France where he grew up. But Nassim must face his past: a dead city now governed by the far right party, a complex relationship with his family, and a father, he no longer speaks to.

Cast:

Anas El Baz
Kate Colebrook
Saïd Benchnafa
Bénédicte-Lala Ernoult
Jamila Charik
Abdelhak Saleh
Lamia Menioui

Locations: Paris, Bollène (France), Abu Dhabi (Emirats Arabe Unis)

Director

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi is a French-Moroccan screenwriter, director, and producer, a Femis graduate and winner of the Lagardère Foundation. He has worked with filmmakers such as Faouzi Bensaïdi, Philippe Faucon, Leyla Bouzid, Nabil Ayouch, Yasmine Benkiran, Camille Lugan, and Kamal Lazraq. In 2018, his first feature film Return to Bollène, was nominated for the Louis-Delluc Award for First feature. In 2022, his short film The Departure, was selected by many international festivals – Namur, Rotterdam, Palm Springs, Cleveland, Rhode Island, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble… The film won over twenty awards and was nominated for a César Award. Across the Sea, his second feature, had its premiere in the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes in 2024.

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