Original title: FAHIMEnglish title: FAHIM

Director: Pierre François MARTIN-LAVAL

Director’s headshop (300 DPI. Technical specificities: min. 225x150mm (i.e. 2660x1780 px), .jpg or .jpeg.)

PRODUCTION

Year: 2019

Genre : fiction

Format: Scope

Country of production: France

Countries of coproduction: France

Released date in the production country : 16/10/2019

Production company

Company name: Waiting For CinémaAddress: 7 rue LarreyZIP Code: 75005City: ParisCountry: France

Producer(s): Patrick GODEAU

Coproduction company

Coproduction Company name : ALICÉLEOAddress: 7 rue LarreyZIP Code: 75005City: ParisCountry: France

Coproduction Company name : WILD BUNCHAddress: 65 rue de Dunkerque ZIP Code: 75009City: ParisCountry: France

Coproduction Company name : FRANCE 3 CINÉMAAddress: 7 esplanade Henri de FranceZIP Code: 75015City: ParisCountry: France

Coproduction Company name : DELTA CINÉMAAddress: 45 rue Boissy d’Anglas ZIP Code: 75008City: ParisCountry: France

Coproduction Company name : CN8 PRODUCTIONSAddress: 21 rue du Faubourg Saint-AntoineZIP Code: 75011City: ParisCountry: France

Coproduction Company name : FRUITS D’HOMMES PRODUCTIONSAddress: 20 rue EulerZIP Code: 75008 City: ParisCountry: France

World sales / Print source ELLE DRIVER 66 rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris France PH: 33 1 56 43 67 35 FAX: 33 1 45 61 45 04 www.elledriver.fr

Head Office:65 rue de Dunkerque 75009 ParisFrancePH: 33 1 43 13 21 87FAX: 33 1 43 13 22 58

CAST

Actor 1: Isabelle NANTY Role 1: Mathilde

Actor 2: Gérard DEPARDIEU Role 2: Sylvain

Actor 3: Assad AHMED Role 3: Fahim

Actor 4: Mizanur RAHAMAN Role 4: Nura

CREW

Screenplay: Pierre François MARTIN-LAVAL, Thibault VANHULLE, Philippe ELNO

Adapted from: ”UN ROI CLANDESTIN” de Fahim MOHAMMAD, Xavier PARMENTIER, Sophie LE CALLENNEC

Photography: Régis BLONDEAU

Sound: Martin BOISSAU – Alain FÉAT – Cyril HOLTZ

Set designer: Franck SCHWARZ

Music: Pascal LENGAGNE

Editor: Reynald BERTRAND

Costume Designer: Brigitte CALVET

TECHNICAL FEATURES

Language: mainly French, Bengali

Subtitles: English

Technical information:

RUNNING TIME

LENGTH(meters) REELS PROCESS RATIO SOUND COLOR or

B&W?107 min 2,944 5 Digital Scope Digital 5.1 Color

Exhibition format: ScopeFrames per second: 24/sec

PREVIOUS FESTIVALS

Festival selections:Festival Internation du Film Francophone de NamurJunior Fest à Dobrany, Czech RepublicFestival du Film Francophone d’AngoulemeFilmFest HamburgHong Kong French Film FestivalWarsaw Film FestivalFeta de Cinema Frances, PortoFeta de Cinema Frances, LisboaFestival du Film Français d’Helvétie, BienneFestival De l’écrit à l’écran de Montélimar

Prizes awarded: Prix du Jury Junior at Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur

SYNOPSIS

Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrives in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiral downwards into homelessness and desperation.

By a stroke of luck, Fahim is introduced to one of France’s top chess coaches, Sylvain (real name: Xavier Parmentier), who tutors him and gives him a sense of purpose - his struggles on the chessboard mirroring both his victories and his crushing defeats in his battle for a normal life.

Fahim then rises through local and national tournaments only to be crowned France’s Under-12 Chess Champion in 2012.

The film tells the story of a child who learns to live without his mother and without his father, far from home, from his roots and his language. Fahim’s tale is not only a moving account of the grim realities that underlie a supposedly caring society, but also a heartwarming testimony to a father’s determination, the kindness of strangers, and one small boy’s courageous will to succeed.