L'ennemi intime (2007)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Florent Emilio Siri

Writers:

Florent Emilio Siri (adaptation) and
Patrick Rotman (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:

3 October 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Plot:

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence. |

Plot Keywords:

Algeria | Cigarette Smoking | Medal | Torture | Shot In The Back

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Benoît Magimel	...	Lieutenant Terrien
Albert Dupontel	...	Sergent Dougnac
Aurélien Recoing	...	Commandant Vesoul
Marc Barbé	...	Capitaine Berthaut
Eric Savin	...	Le sergent tortionnaire
Mohamed Fellag	...	Idir Danoun (as Fellag)
Lounès Tazairt	...	Saïd
Abdelhafid Metalsi	...	Rachid
Vincent Rottiers	...	Lefranc
Lounès Machene	...	Amar
Adrien Saint-Joré	...	Lacroix
Guillaume Gouix	...	Delmas
Ange Ruzé	...	Théron
Salem Aït-Ali-Belkacem	...	Ouramdam
Antoine Laurent	...	Maheu
Anthony Decadi	...	Rougier
Xavier Rothmann	...	Blois
Timothée Manesse	...	Zunino
Jeremy Azencott	...	Toto
Kamel Machene	...	Lounès
Abdelhafid Danoun	...	Ali
Saïd Djili	...	Nassim
Malik Bouarrar	...	Mahoud
Hassib Boukellal	...	Hassib
Saïd Debiane	...	Kabyle torturé
Salah Ben Salah	...	Kabyle exécuté
Ebnjelloul Ilyassan	...	Attia
Deborah Benzaquen	...	Femme de Terrien
Martin Simenon	...	Vigier
Maxime Biar	...	Fils de Terrien
Hicham Hlimi	...	Lieutenant Constantin
Gigi Terkemani	...	Zahra de Taïda
Mohamed Majd	...	Meziane de Taïda
Ibrahim Mansouri	...	Guetteur Taïda
Abdelkhalek Youness	...	Prisonnier torture
Amine Ennaji	...	Fellagha bataille Rehki
Mustapha El Amraoui	...	Frère Amar

Directed by
Florent Emilio Siri

Writing credits
Florent Emilio Siri		(adaptation) and
Patrick Rotman		(adaptation)
Patrick Rotman		writer

Produced by
Bénédicte Bellocq	....	executive producer
François Kraus	....	producer
Souad Lamriki	....	executive producer
Denis Pineau-Valencienne	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci

Film Editing by
Christophe Danilo
Olivier Gajan

Casting by
Christel Baras
Stéphane Foenkinos

Production Design by
William Abello

Art Direction by
Dominique Carrara

Costume Design by
Laetitia Harvey
Mimi Lempicka

Makeup Department
Sonia Akouz	....	makeup artist: Morocco
Nezha Aouis	....	makeup artist: Morocco
Laurent Cazeau	....	key hair stylist
Mélanie Gerbeaux	....	assistant special effects makeup artist
Sahi Hicham	....	hair stylist
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	assistant special effects makeup artist
Benoît Lestang	....	special makeup effects artist
Françoise Quilichini	....	key makeup artist
Hicham Sahi	....	hair assistant
Rachid Sahi	....	hair stylist: Morocco
Geoffroy Selley	....	assistant special effects makeup artist (as Geoffroy Felley)
Chloé Van Lierde	....	assistant special effects makeup artist

Production Management
Miloud Akdim	....	assistant unit manager
Antoine Beau	....	production manager
Zoubir Belgsir	....	assistant unit manager
Mohamed Idrissi Chaouki	....	assistant unit manager (as Mohamed Chawqui Idrissi)
Redouane Inzig	....	assistant unit manager
Abdenabi Izlaguen	....	assistant unit manager (as Abdenbi Izlagen)
Antoine Moussault	....	unit production manager
Abderrahim Rbibe	....	assistant unit manager (as Abderrahim R'Bibe)
Tony Valence	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Noureddine Aberdine	....	first assistant director
Lofti Aït Jaoui	....	assistant director
Dominique Carrara	....	second unit director
Romain Cros	....	assistant director trainee
Rachid Doha	....	assistant director
Mustapha Grumij	....	third assistant director
Abdellatif Jarna	....	assistant director
Amine Lamriki	....	assistant director
Cyril Pavaux	....	second assistant director
Michael Viger	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Touria Bemali	....	art department administrator: Morocco (as Touria Benali)
Dominique Carrara	....	storyboard artist
Fabio Carussi	....	construction coordinator
Alain Delgrange	....	assistant production designer
Hind Ghazali	....	set dresser: Morocco
Fred Glon	....	builder
Karim Haffad	....	property master: Morocco
Bernard Warnas	....	property master
Halima Zniber	....	art coordinator: Morocco (as Helma Zniber)

Sound Department
Germain Boulay	....	sound editor
Germain Boulay	....	supervising sound editor
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Antoine Deflandre	....	sound
Nicolas d'Halluin	....	sound recordist
Ludovic Flamand	....	trainee sound editor
Daniel Gries	....	assistant foley artist
Jean-Christophe Julé	....	foley recordist
Marion Lorthioir	....	post-synchronization
Frédéric Mascaras	....	assistant sound
Pierre Picq	....	post-synchronization boom operator
Serge Rouquairol	....	assistant sound editor
Marie-Chantal Tesche	....	sound detection (as Chantal Tesche)
Eric Tisserand	....	sound mixer
Amine Zakaria	....	assistant sound

Special Effects by
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects coordinator
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Pascal Fauvelle	....	special effects technician
Sara Helminger	....	special effects technician
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Philippe Aubry	....	lead Flame artist
Philippe Aubry	....	visual effects supervisor: def2shoot
Lucie Bories	....	digital compositor
Laurent Brett	....	digital compositor
Laurent Brett	....	title designer
Stephanie Broussaud	....	Lustre assistant
Seb Caudron	....	visual effects supervisor: def2shoot
Jimmy Cavé	....	computer graphics artist
Nicolas Daniel	....	Lustre assistant
François Dupuy	....	digital intermediate technical director
Amélie Guyot	....	matchmover
Élodie Ichter	....	Lustre assistant
Alex Jadfard	....	digital compositor
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	technical manager
Yann Larochette	....	digital compositor
Arnaud Leviez	....	computer graphics supervisor
Arnaud Leviez	....	digital compositor
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Tim Mendler	....	movematcher
Vion Nicolas	....	digital effects artist
Charlotte Quemy	....	retouch and restoration

Stunts
Taieb Ajedig	....	stunts (as Taïeb Ageddig)
Yassin Aouiss	....	stunts
Mjidel Ghachi	....	stunts
Issam Ghezouli	....	stunts
Rodolphe Gonckel	....	stunts
Aziza Nadir	....	stunts
Cedric Proust	....	stunts
Joel Proust	....	stunt coordinator
Hicham Rhoum	....	stunts
Hanan Rida	....	stunts
Siham Rida	....	stunts
Florian Robin	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Valerio Azzali	....	focus puller: second unit
Adil Benmohamed	....	assistant camera
Matteo Carlesimo	....	Steadicam operator
Matteo Carlesimo	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Hassan Chrij	....	grip
Ludovic Colbeau-Justin	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Lelio Copponi	....	assistant camera
Antoni Dimundu	....	grip
Brahim El Mazghi	....	gaffer (as Brahim Mazghi)
Sergio Faina	....	key grip
Doriano Forti	....	best boy grip
Thibault Grabherr	....	still photographer
Marco Graziaplena	....	focus puller
Redouane Lagtaa	....	grip
Massimiliano Lanciotti	....	grip
Djmilah Mohcine	....	gaffer (as Mohcine Jmila)
Yassine Nabague	....	gaffer
Massimiliano Sardini	....	electrician
Renato Sardini	....	electrician

Casting Department
Noureddine Aberdine	....	casting: Morocco
Laure Cochener	....	casting assistant
Elodie Demey	....	casting assistant
Saad Fekhari	....	extras casting: Morocco
Mustapha Grumij	....	extras casting: Morocco

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nadia Aouach	....	costume assistant
Emma Bellocq	....	costumer: Morocco
Emma Bellocq	....	head wardrobe: Morocco
Abderrahim Benkhayi	....	costume assistant
Abdeliah Bidari	....	costume assistant (as Abdelillah Bedari)
Ghizlaine Boufersi	....	costume assistant
Mohammed Boukhouima	....	costumer: Morocco (as Si Mohamed Boukhouima)
Houssine El Behja	....	costume assistant
Frédéric Llinares	....	costumer
Khadija Rahli	....	trainee costumer: Morocco
Clémentine Rousselot	....	trainee costumer

Editorial Department
Valentin Durning	....	assistant editor
Florence Jacquet	....	assistant editor
Catherine Jézéquel	....	assistant editor
Aurélie Laumont	....	color timer
Charlotte Mazzinghi	....	digital color grader
Juliette Urbain	....	assistant editor
Coralie Van Rietschoten	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Gilbert Bellocq	....	production administrator: Morocco
Coralie Cournil	....	production assistant
Natacha Drion	....	production secretary
Bertrant Gagey	....	assistant script supervisor: Morocco (as Bertrand Gagey)
Mona Houd	....	production assistant: Morocco
Cathy Kerbrat	....	production secretary
Samuel Massamba	....	making-of director
Julien Sabourdin	....	production controller
Valentine Traclet	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Les Films du Kiosque
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• SND (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Cofimage 18 (support)
• Banque Populaire Images 7 (support)
• Uni Etoile 4 (support)

Distributors

• Contender Entertainment Group (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Twin Co. Ltd. (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Koch Media (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• SND (2007) (France) (all media)
• Seven Films (2008) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system

Also Known As:

Intimate Enemies (Canada: English title)

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Arabic | Kabyle

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:15 (TV rating) | Germany:16 | UK:15 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Les Films du Kiosque

Movie Connections:

Version of "L'ennemi Intime" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Le cha cha cha du loup

The french Platoon

I have just seen L'ennemi intime, a film about a young lieutenant during the Algeria war in 1959. A few films have already been shot about that war (L'honneur d'un capitaine, La bataille d'Alger, etc.) but this one is the best. At least it will change the way films are made on this matter. The actors are good, the images beautiful, the action very well done. And the film show the atrocities from both side (and that's quite rare actually, usually in France you have the "bad French" against the "nice fellous"). This film has the quality of Platoon or Apocalypse now. I only give 8/10 because of the end, not perfect. But it's a must seen film.