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Film · 2015

The White Knights

Original titleLes chevaliers blancs

Directed by Joachim Lafosse · starring Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin and Valérie Donzelli

  • 1 h 52 min
  • Drama · Thriller
  • BelgiumFrance
  • Released in the UK 3 November 2016
  • 7.1 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.3 Users3 votes
  • 7.0 Critics1 review
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Synopsis

Jacques Arnault is the director of the NGO Secours Sud and plans to release 300 orphans of victims of civil war from Chad with his team and deliver them to French families who want to adopt. To do this, they invite the journalist François Dubois to accompany them and take care of the media coverage of the operation. The brutal reality of a country at war is beginning to affect the convictions of members of the NGO, which must decide where the limits of humanitarian intervention are. The latest film by Joachim Lafosse ('Private Property') passed successfully by the 63rd edition of the Festival of San Sebastian and features performances of Vincent Lindon ('The Measure of a Man'), Louise Bourgoin ('The Love Punch') , Valérie Donzelli ('Declaration of War') and Reda Kateb ('Zero Dark Thirty').

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Runtime
112 min1 hour and 52 minutes
Budget
€9mVersus Production
How long is The White Knights?
1 hour and 52 minutes (112 minutes).
When was The White Knights released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 3 November 2016.
Who directed The White Knights?
Joachim Lafosse.
Who is in The White Knights?
It stars Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli and Reda Kateb.
Where can I watch The White Knights?
In the UK you can watch it on rent on Apple TV.
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Cast

Full cast (16)
Director
Joachim Lafosse
Writers
Joachim Lafosse, Thomas Bidegain
Producers
David Claikens, Benoît Quainon, Aurore Broutin

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Trailer 'The White Knights' (English subtitles) 1:5419 June 2016

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What the critics say 7.0, from one review

  • 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterJordan Mintzer Once again delving into the manipulative gray areas and morally ambiguous zones in which many human beings operate, this well-performed study of groupthink gone bad is less dramatically potent than… Read

Trivia

  • Real Case

    The story is based on a real case occurred in 2007, the scandal over illegal adoptions in Chad that hit the French NGO "Zoe's Ark". However, some data has been altered.

  • Award

    Joachim Lafosse received the Silver Shell for Best Director at the 63 Film Festival San Sebastian for this work.

  • Composer

    The German musician Sascha Ring, known as Apparat, is the composer of the soundtrack for the film. The director was looking electronic music because it "goes directly to the subconscious of the viewer".

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