Ne m'abandonne pas (French for Don't Leave Me) is a French TV movie directed by Xavier Durringer, which was broadcast on 3 February 2016 on France 2. The film deals with the topic of young French Muslims who are radicalized and encouraged to go to Syria to join the civil war.

Ne m'abandonne pas
GenreDrama
Screenplay by
  • Françoise Charpiat
  • Aude Marcle
Directed byXavier Durringer
Starring
Theme music composerNicolas Errèra
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
Production
ProducerJoëy Faré
Running time90 minutes
Production companyScarlett productions
Original release
NetworkFrance 2
Release3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)

Synopsis

edit

A French woman experiences her worst nightmare when she discovers that her 17-year-old daughter has been radicalized and plans to travel to Syria to meet her new husband, a jihadist she met online. In order to prevent this, the mother decides to completely isolate her daughter.

Cast

edit
  • Lina El Arabi as Chama
  • Samia Sassi as Inès, Chama's mother
  • Sami Bouajila as Sami, Chama's father
  • Marc Lavoine as Adrien, Louis' father
  • Léo Legrand as Louis, Chama's boyfriend, who is fighting in Syria
  • Tassadit Mandi as Chama's grandmother
  • Sofia Lesaffre as Yasmina, Chama's best friend
  • Louise Szpindel as Manon, an ex-convert back from Syria
  • Virgile M'Fouilou as Lieutenant Logley
  • Meriem Serbah as Nora
  • Bachir Tliti as Benjamin
  • Évelyne El Garby Klaï as Djemila, Sami's companion
  • Théo Taggueb as Noam, Chams's half-brother
  • Zoé Daddi-Bourcy as Louisa, Chama's half-sister
  • Clara Pirali as Carole
  • Nadir Louatib as Omar, a friend of Louis
  • Louis-Marie Audubert as the postman

Awards and recognition

edit

Wins

Nominations

  • Monte Carlo TV Festival 2017: Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries for Marc Lavoine

Legacy

edit

A petition was launched in 2016 to request the broadcast of the film in all French high schools. Addressed to Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the French Minister of National Education, the petition succeeded in reaching its objective of 43,172 signatures, and the Minister responded favourably to the project.[1]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Diffusion du téléfilm "Ne m'abandonne pas" dans les lycées de la République française" [Broadcast of the TV Movie "Ne m'abandonne pas" in High Schools in the French Republic.]. facebook.com (in French). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
edit