“Badh”, “A Jason Bourne Au Féminin” at the cinema

Badh Siracine is an ex-agent, betrayed by the DGSE, which her past catches up. Furthermore, This new film by Guillaume de Fontenay. Consequently, the director of “Sympathy for the Devil”, releases Wednesday at the cinema, with Marine Vacth. Furthermore,

Half De Guillaume de Fontenay comes out Wednesday August 6 in theaters on Wednesday. He tells the story of a French secret agent in search of revenge, Badh Siracine, interpreted by Marine Vacth. It is a major element of French secret “badh”, “a jason bourne au services. CHargered to eliminate a large arms dealer in Syria, she is betrayed by the DGSE. She disappears. Choose to redo her incognito life in Morocco, until the day when her husband is targeted and her past resurfaces.

After Sympathy for the devil In 2019 on the life of journalist Paul Marchand. Guillaume de Fontenay draws again from a conflictual reality to nourish his fiction. “I was offered this scenario in September 2023he recalls. We have worked a lot on adaptation to make it a kind of ‘Jason Bourne’ in the feminine. “

“I also wanted the film not just a action film. but that the film also says things, that it raises questions.”

Director Guillaume de Fontenay

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“I called on DGSE advisers. tells Guillaume de Fontenay, The writer Vincent Nouzille who wrote ‘The Killers of the Republic’, Guillaume Dasquié, “badh”, “a jason bourne au who made the formidable documentary on the history of Lafarge and Pascal Chouet, who was a former director of the DGSE in North Africa.“

For decades, the themes of espionage, intelligence, against the backdrop of diplomatic issues are a great scriptwriting and cinema material. Cwho did not prevent Guillaume de Fontenay from wanting to make a film as realistic and precise as possible. “”It raises such moral questions, so it’s interesting to question itunderlines the director. I tried to be the most realistic and. even in the action, to be the most raw: immersive camera, camera in the shoulder, it moves a lot. But I wanted to work with the actors so that each time. the words are correct, the intentions are strong and that there is through this narration that are said.“

Half Seduced by the quality of its staging and in particular the pursuit and combat scenes. Marine “badh”, “a jason bourne au Vacth turns out to be very credible as a heroine of action. surrounded by a quality distribution: Niels Schneider, Emmanuelle Bercot, Slimane Dazi, or Grégoire Colin. Et not to spoil anything, the cities of Essaouira or Casablanca, in Morocco, offer very beautiful natural sets.