Father & Soldier

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Father & Soldier
Tirailleurs.png
French Tirailleurs
Directed byMathieu Vadepied
Screenplay by
  • Olivier Demangel
  • Mathieu Vadepied
Produced by
  • Bruno Nahon
  • Omar Sy
Starring
CinematographyLuis Armando Arteaga
Edited byXavier Sirven
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Production
companies
  • Unité
  • Korokoro
Distributed by
Release dates
Running time
109 minutes [4]
Countries
Languages
Budget$14 million [5]
Box office$8.5 million [6]

Father & Soldier (French : Tirailleurs) is a 2022 war-drama film directed and co-written by Mathieu Vadepied, starring Omar Sy, Alassane Diong, and Jonas Bloquet. A French-Senegalese production, its producers included Omar Sy and Bruno Nahon. The film opened the Un Certain Regard section in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, [1] and was released in theaters in France by Gaumont on 4 January 2023, and in Senegal by Pathé BC Afrique on 6 January 2023.

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Plot

During World War I, in 1917, Senegalese Bakary Diallo enlists in the French Army in order to be with his 17-year-old son, Thierno, who was forcibly recruited. Sent to the Western front, they try to find the means to return to Senegal - Bakary through underground contacts and Thierno through the command structure.

Cast

Production

With a $14 million budget, [5] the film was produced by Bruno Nahon's Unité and Omar Sy's Korokoro in co-production with Gaumont, France 3 Cinéma, Mille Soleils and Sy Possible Africa. [1] It was co-produced by Mathieu Vadepied, with Maryvonne Le Meur and Caroline Nataf serving as associate producers. [1] The screenplay was written by Vadepied and Olivier Demangel. [4]

Alexandre Desplat composed the original music for the film. [7]

Filming

The film was shot in France from 23 August 2021 to 13 October 2021, before moving on to Senegal in January 2022. [8] It was partially shot in Neufmaison, Ardennes. [9]

Release

A 1-minute clip from the film was released on Le HuffPost's YouTube channel on 19 May 2022. [10] On 10 November 2022, the film's official poster and official trailer were released. [11] [12]

The film had its world premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival as the opening film in the Un Certain Regard section on 18 May 2022. [1] It will be distributed in France and internationally by Gaumont. [1] It was released in French cinemas on 4 January 2023, [2] and in Senegal by Pathé BC Afrique on 6 January 2023. [3]

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 83% based on 6 reviews. [13]

AlloCiné, a French cinema website, gave the film an average rating of 3.3/5, based on a survey of 27 French reviews. [14]

Box Office

The film sold over 55,000 tickets on its first day of release in France, [15] with 2,034 viewers per screening in 554 theaters. [16] [17] During its first weekend of release, Father & Soldier sold over 456,000 tickets, ranking number two at the box office, behind Avatar: The Way of Water (1,6 million entries), and in front of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (168,061 entries) [18]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef(s)
Cannes Film Festival 27 May 2022 Un Certain Regard Mathieu VadepiedNominated [19]
Festival France Odéon de Florence28 October 2022Feuille d'or pour la musiqueAlexandre DesplatNominated [20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ramachandran, Naman (26 April 2022). "Omar Sy's 'Father & Soldier' to Open Un Certain Regard at Cannes". Variety .
  2. 1 2 "Tiralleurs". Gaumontpresse (in French). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Father & Soldier". Unifrance . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "TIRAILLEURS - Festival de Cannes". festival-cannes.com . Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. 1 2 Keslassy, Elsa (26 October 2021). "'Lupin' Star Omar Sy Reteams With Gaumont on War-Action Drama 'Father & Soldier' – AFM (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety .
  6. ↑ "Father & Soldier (2022)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Alexandre Desplat Scoring Mathieu Vadepied's 'Father & Soldier'". Film Music Reporter. 10 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (25 August 2021). "Omar Sy is filming Father & Soldier". Cineuropa.
  9. ↑ "Ardennes. Le tournage du film " Tirailleurs ", avec Omar Sy, débute ce lundi à Neufmaison". Ouest-France (in French). 23 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Omar Sy en tirailleur sénégalais dans un extrait de "Tirailleurs"". YouTube (in French). 19 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Sy, Omar (10 November 2022). "En cette veille d'Armistice 1918, découvrez l'affiche de #Tirailleurs, au cinéma le 4 janvier 2023". Twitter (in French).
  12. ↑ "TIRAILLEURS - Bande-annonce [Le 4 janvier au cinéma]". YouTube (in French). 10 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Father & Soldier". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "Critiques presse pour le film Tirailleurs". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  15. ↑ Baronnet, Brigitte (5 January 2023). "Box-office : Omar Sy en tête du 1er jour France avec Tirailleurs". Allociné (in French).
  16. ↑ Colon, Tanguy (5 January 2023). "Box-office 1er jour : Tirailleurs vise juste". Boxoffice Pro (in French).
  17. ↑ Lott, Bertrand (10 January 2023). "Box-office : Tirailleurs part en flèche, Avatar 2 franchit les 10 millions d'entrées". Télérama .
  18. ↑ Algan, Aysegül (11 January 2023). "Box-office hebdo : Avatar 2 change d'altitude, mais domine toujours". Boxoffice Pro (in French).
  19. ↑ "The films of the Official Selection 2022 - Festival de Cannes". festival-cannes.com . 14 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  20. ↑ "France Odeon 2022". www.franceodeon.com . 28 October 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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