November’s Cedric Jimenez and Jean Dujardin on a “Powerful” Terrorist Search Story – Cannes Studio

north dollar Director Cedric Jiménez met him the French Star Jean Dujardin for NovemberThe competition premieres outside Cannes in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people, most of them at a rock concert at the city’s Bataclan nightclub.

Avoid the reflection of the slaughter, November Instead, there is a police procedure detailing the manhunt that followed over the next five days.

The counter-terrorism group is led by Freddie (Dujardin), who, along with Heluaza (Sandrin Cyberlen), is responsible for finding those responsible for the shooting, using CCTV footage, personal surveillance and telephone cables to investigate terrorism. Network with links to Brussels.

In his review for Deadline, Damon Wise wrote that the film “reflects lessons learned, evaluates where it is needed: finding terrorists in today’s world is next to impossible, so the results of the French in that week are incredible, but that’s not the case. “He is not afraid of finding fault, he emphasizes the injustice that can and does occur, ironically, in the pursuit of justice itself.”

Jiménez and Dujarden visited our Cannes studio with Deadline on the second day of the premiere, who was the first to say: “It came with a special emotion because in France, of course, it was a very traumatic event. “They were very painful and it is true that doing the red carpet for this film in Cannes, which is a very festive place, is something special, because we want to approach the subject with great humility, and at the same time I have to mention cinema” .

Jiménez had Dujardin in mind for the role of Fred and the Oscar-winning actor didn’t hesitate. “Cedric has a tendency to completely free the actors from him, to do something 360 ° and it is true that anything is possible. In this way we never get bored, we have whole days and we follow it fully. And then, with such a strong story, he developed a desire, an ambition, a maturity and the fact that his cinema had no obstacles – there aren’t really many young directors in France who have that much courage – so let’s go. . him voluntarily “.

Dujardin’s training included meetings with members of special forces, including the counter-terrorism police, “who have the ability to work in a way never seen before. You’re trying to avoid the simple role of a cop and you’re not actually playing it. Above all you try to realize intentions, which mean authority, suspicion, sometimes anger, severity, all that creates the generosity of your profession.

Jiménez added: “I think it is very important to show me that it was these people who worked and fought in the shadows and gave everything.”

Check out our video interview above.

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