The 2023 edition of the La Rochelle Fiction Festival, which has just ended, was once again marked by great discoveries. AlloCiné reveals its four series and unit favorites, from “Les Enchantés” to “La Tribu”.
The twenty-fifth edition of the La Rochelle Fiction Festival ended this Saturday, September 16 after five days of competition, during a ceremony which once again highlighted eclecticism and audacity of the selection.
From Les Enchantés, a touching unitary film about disability by Grégory Montel, to the thriller Les Espions de la Terror which looks back on the hunt for the sponsors of the attacks of November 13, 2015, including the family fiction La Tribu with Alix Poisson and Jonathan Zaccaï and the TV film The Enchanter about the mysterious Romain Gary, discover our favorites from this 2023 edition.
THE TRIBE
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Synopsis : At the head of a blended family, Camille and Martin, a couple in their forties in love, have barely moved in together when their life is already far from being a long, quiet river! Between their respective children, sister, parents, but also their ex(es), this family makes up a real “tribe” with an inevitably unstable balance!
Every decade, its own family series. After A wonderful family and Don’t do this, don’t do that, TF1 will soon offer The tribe, a funny and offbeat fiction that follows a blended family with an eventful life. Between intrusive ex-spouses and a surprise that risks changing everything, Camille and Martin will do everything to succeed in uniting their two families. Frantic pace and funny situation, La Tribu is a funny and touching series which brilliantly manages to draw the viewer into much more dramatic moments, which bring depth to the characters played by Alix Poisson And Jonathan Zaccai. If humor takes precedence, the writers still tackle strong subjects which make the fiction more than a simple family series. La Tribu can be discovered soon on TF1
THE ENCHANTER
France Télévisions – 2.4.7. MAX – 2023
Synopsis : Just after the publication of La Vie avant soi, Romain Gary had his little cousin Paul Pavlowitch play Émile Ajar. The press, the editors, the readers, everyone falls for it. Well, almost everyone: Adèle, a literature student at La Sorbonne, originally from Nice (where Gary spent part of his childhood), is convinced that Émile Ajar and Romain Gary are one and the same writer. She goes to find Gary on rue du Bac where he lives, to confront him. Will she denounce him? Or will the enchanter manage to draw him into his illusion?
It is undoubtedly the greatest literary deception of the 20th century. For the second time, Romain Gary won the prestigious Goncourt prize but this time under the name of Emile Ajar. A writer with many names and faces, Romain Gary did not hesitate to become someone else in order to reinvent himself. Between deception and a true stroke of genius, he will have succeeded in fooling everyone except Adèle, a young literature student passionate about the writer. It is therefore this part of the story, which agitated the literary world in its time, that The Enchanter revisits in its own way with a certain humor. Directed by Philippe Lefebvre, with a screenplay by Maria Pourchet and François-Henri Desérable, L’Enchanteur is an exciting film directed by a simply excellent Charles Berling. The minutes pass and make us want to discover more and more about this author whose life is as whimsical as it is fascinating. The Enchanteur will soon be discovered on France 2
THE ENCHANTED
Current Films
Synopsis : The dad is Thierry, he was born mentally deficient. The little one is Luce. Between them, they form an indestructible block of love. Until the day when Luce, six years old, goes to school and becomes aware of her father’s disability. Fearing that knowledge will alienate them forever, she decides not to learn anymore.
Adaptation of the novel Les Demeurés by Jeanne Benameur, The Enchanted immerses us in a family story that is as touching as it is moving. Thierry, mentally disabled since birth, raises his six-year-old daughter Luce alone. Both are united by the unconditional and unwavering love they have for each other. But soon, their lives will be turned upside down when Luce starts school for the first time and becomes aware of her father’s disability. Les Enchantés is a tender, delicate and poetic film, magnificently interpreted by Gregory Montel and Daphne Richard. Accomplices and moving, the two actors transport us without any difficulty in this story which has not left us indifferent without falling into pathos. In addition to the quality of the script and direction, the film avoids clichés in the representation of mental deficiency. A performance served by the interpretation of Gregory Montel who manages to create real empathy with the viewers. Les Enchantés, to be discovered soon on Arte.
THE SPIES OF TERROR
Tetra Media Fiction – QUINTESSENCE FICTIONS
Synopsis : The hunt for those responsible for the November 2015 attacks is putting the French secret services under great strain. Among them, Lucie, an experienced and determined DGSI anti-terrorist agent, fights to advance the investigation. Against the advice of her management, she joins forces with Malika, a seasoned analyst from the DGSE. For his part, despite the paranoia that reigns within the services, Vincent, major at the territorial DGSI of Lille, does everything possible to protect his new source and allow him to infiltrate the heart of French jihadism. The limitless commitment of these anonymous heroes, ready to do anything to protect France from new attacks, will undermine their private lives and awaken deep scars.
Adapted from the eponymous novel by Matthieu Suc, The Spies of Terror takes us on a relentless hunt for DGSE and DGSI agents to find the sponsors of the November 13 attacks. Through the destiny of four characters played by Rachida Brakni, Fleur Greffier, Vincent Elbaz and Pierre Perrier, screenwriter Franck Philippon highlights the work of the men and women behind the scenes who work for the safety of all. Gripping and gripping, the mini-series manages to captivate us for four episodes, and gains dimension when it deals with the post-traumatic stress of those who were close to these attacks. Between the difficulty of rebuilding oneself and the desire to do everything so that this tragedy does not happen again, the characters of the Spies of Terror have multiple facets which bring a very particular dimension to the fiction. The Spies of Terror can be discovered soon on M6