Fiction

LES CHANTS DE MANDRIN

Smugglers' Songs
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
FRA 2011
97 min
V'11

Following the execution of Louis Mandrin (1725–1755), the famous outlaw and popular hero, his comrades begin a new smuggling operation in the French provinces, organizing black markets to sell tobacco, fabrics and precious commodities. These smugglers also write songs in honour of Mandrin that they print and distribute to peasants throughout the land.
Freely inspired by historical events, we want to portray men entrenched in the progressive ideas of the time and dismissive of the ruling power. The Mandrins are rebellious warriors verging on the sublime in action, in a perspective that depicts the community as a boundary, at a time when, in order to develop, it must assert its values and specificities. We portray situations without shying from sentimentality: inventive writing and strong direction combining to capture raw action, changes in form and tone. Glimpses and fragments, lyrical and brutal. In the plot structure and composition of scenes, different aspects emerge that belong only to the moment, to the thrust of the story. (Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche)

Credits
  • Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche - Mechaniker
  • Jacques Nolot - Marquis
  • Christian Milia-Darmezin - Hausierer
  • Kenji Levan - Jäger
  • Sylvain Roume - M’Lord
  • Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche - Bélissard
  • Jean-Luc Nancy - Setzer
  • Nicolas Bancilhon - Tambour
  • Yann-Yvon Pennec - Feldwebel
  • Charles Manini
  • Armelle Cellier-Gavignet
  • Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
  • Irina Lubtchansky
  • Timothée Alazraki
  • Bruno Auzet
  • Nicolas Bancilhon
  • Valentin Clastrier
  • Christiane Vervandier
Sarrazink Productions Maharaja Films

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