Aïssa, 23, succeeds in brilliant studies which are carrying out him at the Military School of Saint-Cyr. During the traditional hazing carried out by the students on the new arrivals, his comrades and are invited to cross the icy water of a pond, in the middle of the night, and equipped with their rangers and their helmets. The ritual turns into drama: Aïssa drowns, and her body is quickly found not far from the bank. Then begins a real fight for Ismaël, his big brother, who hopes that justice will be done …
For Jallal …
Ten years after the death of his brother, Jallal, Brilliant student of the Saint-Cyr military school, during a tragic hazing in October 2012, Rachid Hami evoked in this tribute film this drama and the fight of his family of Algerian origin so that military funerals were granted to him. “” For France is not a story of revenge or redemption, does not fall under the criminal investigation, said the director. The work of cinema is not that of justice. This film is not an investigation into death, but on life. The life of a boy born in Algeria, who dreamed of becoming an officer of the French army. »
The need to tell your story immediately imposed itself. “” I realized the universality of the themes to be tackled: military commitment, integration, faith, representation of the suburbs, belonging to an increasingly global citizenship. »» All are treated intelligently, without manicheism. Alter ego of the filmmaker on the screen, Karim Leklou is the passer eloquent of this precious reflection.
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