The Wakhan Front

The Wakhan Front
Film poster
Directed byClément Cogitore
Written byClément Cogitore
Thomas Bidegain (collaboration)
Produced byJean-Christophe Reymond
StarringJérémie Renier
Swann Arlaud
Marc Robert
Kévin Azaïs
Finnegan Oldfield
Clément Bresson
Sâm Mirhosseini
CinematographySylvain Verdet
Edited byIsabelle Manquillet
Music byEric Bentz
François-Eudes Chanfrault
Distributed byDiaphana Films
Release dates
  • 16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) (France)
  • 7 October 2015 (2015-10-07) (Belgium)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguagesFrench
Persian
Budget€2.5 million[1]
Box office$105,853[2]

The Wakhan Front (French: Ni le ciel ni la terre) is a 2015 French war thriller drama film directed by Clément Cogitore. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.[4][5]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Cannes Film Festival[6] Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Won
Caméra d'Or Clément Cogitore Nominated
Queer Palm Nominated
César Awards[7] Best First Feature Film Nominated
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics[8] Best First French Film Won
Louis Delluc Prize[9] Best First Film Nominated
Lumières Awards[10] Best Actor Jérémie Renier Nominated
Best First Film Nominated
Best Cinematography Sylvain Verdet Nominated
Magritte Awards[11] Best Actor Jérémie Renier Nominated
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction Nominated
Motovun Film Festival[12] Propeller of Motovun Won

References

  1. ^ "Ni le ciel ni la terre". JP's Box-Office.
  2. ^ "Ni le ciel ni la terre (The Wakhan Front)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "Selection of the 54th Critics' Week". Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ^ Julien Gester (29 September 2015). ""NI LE CIEL NI LA TERRE", FRONT OCCULTE". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. ^ "NI LE CIEL NI LA TERRE". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ John Hopewell; Elsa Keslassy (21 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Paulina,' 'Land and Shade' Top Cannes Critics' Week". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  7. ^ "'Golden Years,' 'Marguerite,' 'Dheepan,' 'Mustang' Lead Cesar Nominations". Variety.
  8. ^ "Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique 2015". Syndicat Français de la Critique. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Prix Louis-Delluc 2015 : découvrez les nominations". Télérama. 27 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné. 4 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Les " Magritte du Cinéma ", c'est le 6 février prochain à 20h00". Cinergie.
  12. ^ "'The Wakhan Front' takes top prize at Motovun Film Festival". Screendaily. 3 August 2015.