Made in France (2015)

After the horrible terrorist attacks that rocked Paris, this daring investigation thriller plunges you inside the extremist muslim groups that grow inside western countries and can strike at any moment.

Director:

Nicolas Boukhrief

Writers:

Nicolas Boukhrief (scenario), Éric Besnard (scenario)

Stars:

Malik Zidi, Dimitri Storoge, François Civil

Cast

Credited cast:
Malik Zidi	...	Sam
Dimitri Storoge	...	Hassan
François Civil	...	Christophe
Nassim Si Ahmed	...	Driss
Ahmed Dramé	...	Sidi
Nailia Harzoune	...	Zora
Nicolas Grandhomme	...	Herbelin
Assaad Bouab	...	L'imam
Malek Oudjail	...	Ahmed
Laurent Alexandre	...	Le Tatoué (as Larry Alexandre)
Franck Gastambide	...	Dubreuil
Judith Davis	...	Laure
Tidjo Grand	...	Malik
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emilie Parvillers	...	Fille boite de nuit

Storyline

Sam, a freelance journalist, decides to investigate the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young people, who have been tasked with the creation of a jihadist cell, and whose mission is to destabilise the city centre of Paris.

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Plot Keywords:

three word title | written by director | france | french | arms dealer | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

23 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Inside the Cell

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,688, 25 September 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$9,577, 2 December 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Radar Films, Canal+, Ciné+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The release of the movie was postponed twice. Finished in 2014, its release early 2015 was canceled after a series of five attacks in and around Paris. The release was then rescheduled to November 2015, but had to be postponed again after the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 2015. It finally was released to the larger French public in movie theaters in April 2016 only, after being available on-demand on French television as of January 2016.

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Connections

Features The Tall Man (2012)

User Reviews

Realistic and terrific dive into the French Muslim terrorists

This film was doomed because it was made before the January 2015 terrorist attack in Paris, I mean the FIRST terrorist attack. And this movie was supposed to be released just after the SECOND terrorist attack, in November of the same year, the one against the Bataclan and many other places. Mass killings that made more than one hundred and forty casualties. Useless to say that no theatre nor distributor dared to show this movie. No one. They feared about riots among the audience, where you have a huge Islamist community. Dimitri Storoge is outstanding as the leader of the group of fanatics. He is convincing at the most. Malik Zidi plays the undercover cop who is sent to infiltrate the French ISIS cell. His character is the weakest, the less convincing, annoying at the most. Predictable at a scale you can't imagine. He has an authentic traitor's face. His double character is too obvious to be believable. A real undercover cop or agent would never behave like this, unless to have suicidal tendencies. I guess there will not be many other movies speaking of this topic. Not so close I mean. But we can watch and interpret this feature from many sides, with many points of view. It is really a hot subject. And the more the time goes, the more it will be hot. We see here the inside of those fanatics groups, as Paul Greengrass did ten years ago with UNITED 93, about the 9/11 attack terrorists. But in a quite different manner although. We can think and try to analyse their motivations, even if we of course don't approve them.

A very interesting film.