Zion: What is this thriller that hits anti?

Five years after the recording of the short film Timun Aw (“Ton Kid” Guadeloupe Crole), directed by Nelson Fix returns to Zion, an adaptation of his feature film.

This short story was that a young man had found an abandoned child. The director explains in the press team: ” I was lucky to have been able to show Timun Muhammad Hamid, who loved him and made me meet Jamel Debbuz. (…) This is how Jamel offered to produce my first feature film and the team was formed around this project. “

Zion, which, in the culture of the Afro-Caribbean, leads to resistance, liberation, and the pursuit of the better elsewhere, happens in Guadelup. Chris shares his time between deals, unlike the adventures of the day and the Rhodes motorcycle. Neighboring Neighborhood Kaid Odell has fixed it, and Chris trusts the risk of supply. Despite his best friend’s warnings, he gets a mission. On the day of childbirth, she discovers that the baby was deposited in front of her door. Then starts her infernal race that will lead her to a decisive choice …

The actor was born

And these are sloan decombes, of which this is the first feature film that carries this thriller on the length of the arm. He has already played the main role in the short film. If it seemed logical Nelson Fox In order to role, the director explains that he worked a lot with his actor so that he expanded the palette of his game.

“I accidentally worked on him because he accompanied his girlfriend, which the actor received. I needed a boy to answer him. He never did it, but as soon as he read it, he was very natural.

But I warned: he had to have a broader game palette than in a short film. I was convinced for everyday scenes, but for more emotional scenes where he had to show fear or sadness, he had to work hard. I knew he had the ability to do so. Sloan likes people who have talent, can modulate their game according to the markings. This is exactly what I’m looking for among non -professional. “

Success overseas

On Friday, March 14, while revising in Guadelup, Martinik and Guyana, Zion recorded the first historic weekend, with more than 16,000 records during three -day operations, only on seven screen. Jokers that distribute the film, comments: “The film is becoming a real phenomenon on the spot. Last week, very strong communication on social networks gives us hope that it is very strong visible to the Caribbean Sea and more broadly from the general public in France.”

In two weeks of operation in abroad, Zion has attracted 40,000 spectators in theaters and stands out as the film’s phenomenon of anti, according to Martiniki Media Zai Aku.

The rare consequences of the independent film, evidence that Zion is forcibly resonated with overseas territories. This trait echoes the anger of identity, locking, and the deaf of the inhabitants of Gadadelup.

Director states: “I lived there when I was very young, then I grew up in Bond before I returned there. I have more families than in the mainland.

The system is unfair and for a long time I felt it exploded at any time. However, I cannot approach these topics during the duration of the movie because I have no prospects and it is very closely related. On the other hand, what I care about is a universal, human story that could happen somewhere, and then through pictures of questions: I wanted to feel this explosive climate. “

Show a real gadelup

Zion also points to the sincere image that gives it to Guadelup, which is far from tourist footage. And for Nelson Fix it was precisely necessary to show this reality: ” I have always been surprised at the deep gap between the postcards of the Guadelup and the social reality of which a large part of the population has experienced.

When I lived in Pointe-à-Pitre, I remember leaving home, I saw an old HLM bar with moisture and fever. And, beyond this half -destroyed building, standing in MSC, a giant cruise ship, higher than HLM bars.

This backwardness was deeply mentioned. That is why in the movie, we see the boat pass and people who have fun and Chris are in total trouble. These are the two worlds that meet without each other. For me, Guadelupe is not limited to the sun and the beach: this is first and foremost a story, culture, people – not just a landscape. “

Along with Zion, Nelson Fox signs the first feature film that is intimate and political, in fact invisible very often. This film should be seen at the crossroads of the thriller and social drama this Wednesday, April 9 in the cinema.