François Gérard • Director
Interview (Part I)
François Gérard talks about his last film, Voyage sans retour
French director François Gérard talks about his last film, Voyage sans retour [+see also:
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film profile]. The film, that opens on September 11th in France, sees Gérard back behind and in front of the cameras, after his debut in both tasks 13 years ago, with Meet the Baltringues.
The film follows the story of Kad (Gérard), a young man that flees from his city after robbing a bunch of drug dealers, by joining an NGO and travelling abroad for humanitarian purpose. But Kad quickly realices that this organization is actually a terrorist recruiting network.
Gérard discusses the birth of the project and the way he convinced his cast, and specially Samy Naceri, to be in it.