What is it about?
In the middle of the desert, near the refugee camp, an oil well caught fire, which directly threatens the lives of the population. By sending experts to the site, the company that manages the site understands that it has only one solution to prevent a disaster: to cause an oil well explosion within 24 hours using nitroglycerin. For a large sum of money, a shock team is sent 800 km to transport 200 kg of explosives on two trucks.
The team now has less than 20 hours to reach the oil well. 20 hours of traveling through hostile territory controlled by armed insurgents, crossing minefields and driving two trucks full of nitroglycerin over rough terrain! The race against time is on…
Wages of Fear, co-written by Hamid Hlioua and Julien Leclerc and directed by Julien Leclerc.
who is he with
For this new adaptation The wages of fearNetflix is sponsoring its French action figure, Alban Lenoir. The actor who plays the lead role was the protagonist of the Lost Ball franchise and AKA, the world’s most viewed French film in 2023.
Next to him we meet Frank Gastambide, whose next series, La Cage, will be released on Netflix in the fall of 2024; Sofiane Zerman – formerly known by the pseudonym Fianso – who has multiple roles in film and television. Finally, in the film’s only female role, Anna Girardot plays a character that is radically opposed to the TV series La Fièvre, broadcast on CANAL+.
What does it look like ?
A new version of a classic?
The film was shot in Morocco Julien Leclerc Fits into action movie codes made Netflix. The director relies heavily on his leading quartet to take the audience on a real journey. This 2024 retelling of the Henri-Georges Clouzot film hardly compares to the original or its remake directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist) in 1977.
“Obviously, we are in a panic at the idea of touching such a masterpiece– says Alban Lenoir in an interview with AlloCiné. But in this case we do not touch! This is just a reboot, we just took the concept of this story. It is full of tribute and love for this heritage of French cinema. We have to take all this pressure off and tell ourselves that we are not doing the same thing.“
Sofian Zerman in “Wages of Fear”.
For more than three months, the actors were immersed in the Moroccan desert, where they shot major films such as Star Wars or Gladiator. All with a local technical team. The quartet gave their all for the physical effort. “Want to know if the sweat on the screen is real? He isassures us Sofiane Zerman. IWe had to prepare well, the days were long and our director did not hold back a trick at the end of the day..”
On the subject of stunts, almost all of the stunts seen in the film were performed by the actors themselves. That’s how Alban Lenoir tore both quadriceps three days before filming the fight. “You can imagine it stung a little while taking it, it was quite painfulrisky business.
The Wages of Fear is available on Netflix.
Source: Allocine
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