THE WHITE KNIGHTS
Filmfest 2016
(LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS)
Belgium, France 2015
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: French)
German Premiere
Director: Joachim Lafosse
Section: Spotlight
Humanitarian NGO Move for Kids, led by the charismatic Jacques Arnault, travels to war-torn Darfur, offering a safe haven for children and orphans. But the kids are meant to be spirited away to France to be adopted by unsuspecting families. Based on the true story of Zoe’s Ark, who tried to abduct 103 kids from Chad to France in 2007.
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli, Reda Kateb
Credits
Screenplay: Joachim Lafosse, Bulle Decarpentries, Thomas Van Zuylen, Thomas Bidegain
Director of Photography: Jean-François Hensgens
Film Editor: Sophie Vercruysse
Composer: Apparat
Production Designer: Olivier Radot
Costume Design: Samira Bejjoudi
Sound: Christophe Giovannoni
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart
Co-Producer: Sylvie Pialat
Production Company: Versus Production
Co-Production Company: Les Films du Worso
World Sales: Indie Sales Company
Director: Joachim Lafosse
biography
Joachim Lafosse was born in Uccle, Belgium, and studied at l'Institut des Arts de Diffusion, graduating with short film TRUBU in 2001. His first feature film FOLIE PRIVÉE (2004) won the FIPRESCI Prize in Bratislava. PRIVATE PROPERTY was invited to Venice 2006. À PERDRE LA RAISON was screened at Cannes 2012 in the sidebar Un Certain Regard and submitted as Belgian entry for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Film. His film L’ECONOMIE DU COUPLE will also be screened at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN.
