Mehdi Fikri’s first feature film, “Before the flames go out” looks at the subject of police violence through the fight of the character played by Camélia Jordana. See it in cinemas from November 15.
Update (Friday November 17, 2 p.m.). The sensitive subject addressed by Before the Flames Go Extinguished generated a lively discussion among spectator critics on the AlloCiné profile. A lively discussion characterized by a very large influx of notes and reviews published by accounts newly created for the occasion, and also by an unusual distribution of notes, leading us to display an awareness message on the film’s profile.
A figure to illustrate this unusual distribution grades: at the time of writing, more than 70% correspond to a so-called extreme grade, that is to say either a 0.5 or a 5.
Note that for its part the press note displays a completely classic distribution of opinions, resulting in a (good) score of 3.1.
In 2022, Nos frangins and the series dedicated to Malik Oussékine returned to the murder of this student committed on October 5, 1986, on the sidelines of a demonstration. Today, the subject of police violence is at the heart of Before the Flames Go Out, released this Wednesday, November 15 in our theaters.
Co-writer on season 2 of Hippocrates, Mehdi Fikri signs his first feature film here. If the subject is current, this former journalist is not inspired by a particular true story: “I chose to portray a fictional family to get to the bottom of things and talk about the dark aspects of my characters, without fear of offending anyone”he said in the press kit.
A family whose members are notably played by Camélia Jordana and Sofiane ‘Fianso’ Zermani, confronted with the death of their brother Karim (Larry), attributed to an epileptic seizure that occurred during a police arrest. Malika, the main character, then embarks on a legal quest to bring those responsible to justice. Even if it means that his fight has consequences on those around him.
Appearing at the last Toronto Festival, Before the Flames Go Out is also worn by Sofian Khammes, Louise Coldefy, Samir Guesmi and Makita Samba, one of the revelations of Jacques Audiard’s Olympiads.