Greg, a DGSI officer, is sent under a false identity to infiltrate a ZAD. There he meets Myriam, an environmental activist. 18 months later, Greg returns there on an official mission, finds Myriam and discovers that she has a baby. Torn between his professional passion and his budding love, Greg must make a choice that could change everything. As time is running out, soon everything will be lost.
This summaryA Territory to DefendDisney+’s first French Original movie. Directed by Romain Cogitore, his third feature film, this drama anchors a world few know from the inside, the world of Zadists, environmental activists who have settled in areas to thwart and thereby protect development projects. natural ecosystems. “With an area to defend, I have a desire to incorporate environmental and political issues into the framework of a love story, to place myself in a dual cinematographic genre—secret film and melodrama—to describe a moment in our contemporary history that zadists and decadent scholars call “extraordinary.” collapse of the old world””Romain Cogitore explained in a Disney+ press release.
What did the film change for François Civil and Lyna Khoudri?
The protagonists of this movie, François Civil and Lyna Khoudri, who play Greg and Myriam respectively, were deeply shaken by this shoot. “I am aware that I have always had a very distorted image of the ZAD of angry and violent militants. I no longer have the same view… Living in ZAD is of course an ecological war, but much more. It’s a community life project, it’s about sharing. I found it very nice”trusts the actor in an interview Parisian / Today in France.
The second who confessed to breaking up “rinsed” do not hide that this shot is necessary “must have a minimum commitment and have an ecological conscience” to shoot in such a film. “We really got the impression that we were living in a ZAD for two months (…) It’s very different from what we see on TV.”, he adds, noting that some of the extras are true Zadists. “We are far from the only violent image we see on the news channels throwing stones at the police.”concludes François Civil.
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Source: Programme Television
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