The Wakhan Front

The Wakhan Front (French: Ni le ciel ni la terre) is a 2015 French war thriller drama film directed by Clément Cogitore. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

The Wakhan Front
Film poster
Directed byClément Cogitore
Written byClément Cogitore
Thomas Bidegain (collaboration)
Produced byJean-Christophe Reymond
StarringJérémie Renier
Swann Arlaud
Marc Robert
Kévin Azaïs
Finnegan Oldfield
Clément Bresson
Sâm Mirhosseini
CinematographySylvain Verdet
Edited byIsabelle Manquillet
Music byEric Bentz
François-Eudes Chanfrault
Distributed byDiaphana Films
Release dates
  • 16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) (France)
  • 7 October 2015 (2015-10-07) (Belgium)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguagesFrench
Persian
Budget€2.5 million[1]
Box office$105,853[2]

Cast

  • Jérémie Renier as Antares Bonnassieu
  • Swann Arlaud as Jérémie Lernowski
  • Marc Robert as Jean Baptiste Frering
  • Kévin Azaïs as William Denis
  • Finnegan Oldfield as Patrick Mercier
  • Clément Bresson as Étienne Baxer
  • Sâm Mirhosseini as Khalil Khan
  • Christophe Tek as Stéphane Tek
  • Steve Tientcheu as Oscar Varennes
  • Patrick Ligardes as Officer Armenet
  • Hamid Reza Javdan as Sultan
  • Michaël Vander-Meiren as Philippe Le Thieur
  • Kamal Ait Taleb as Basile Delcourt

Production

The film was shot in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.[4][5]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Cannes Film Festival[6] Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Won
Caméra d'Or Clément Cogitore Nominated
Queer Palm Nominated
César Awards[7] Best First Feature Film Nominated
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics[8] Best First French Film Won
Louis Delluc Prize[9] Best First Film Nominated
Lumières Awards[10] Best Actor Jérémie Renier Nominated
Best First Film Nominated
Best Cinematography Sylvain Verdet Nominated
Magritte Awards[11] Best Actor Jérémie Renier Nominated
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction Nominated
Motovun Film Festival[12] Propeller of Motovun Won

References

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