THE WHITE KNIGHTS
synopsis
Jacques Arnault, head of Move for Kids NGO, is planning a high impact operation : he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphans victims of Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.
| international title: | The White Knights |
| original title: | Les Chevaliers blancs |
| country: | Belgium, France |
| sales agent: | Indie Sales |
| year: | 2015 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Joachim Lafosse |
| film run: | 112' |
| release date: | FR 20/01/2016,BE 27/01/2016 |
| screenplay: | Joachim Lafosse, Bulle Decarpentries, Thomas Van Zuylen |
| cast: | Louise Bourgoin, Vincent Lindon, Valérie Donzelli, Reda Kateb, Stéphane Bissot, Catherine Salée, Yannick Renier |
| cinematography by: | Jean-François Hensgens |
| film editing: | Sophie Vercruysse |
| art director: | Olivier Radot |
| costumes designer: | Pascaline _Chavanne (id:57622) |
| producer: | Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Sylvie Pialat |
| production: | Versus Production, Les Films du Worso, France 3 Cinéma |
| backing: | Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, VOO, Wallonie, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Canal+, Ciné+, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Inver Invest, Indie Sales, Eurimages, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Programme Media (CE), O’Brother Distribution, Soficinéma, Angoa-Agicoa, CNC |
| distributor: | Le Pacte, O'Brother Distribution, One from the Heart |
