When the cinema of the author of Paris stops in Bollywood
Nicknamed “Little Jafna”, this district of Paris is a heart of a strong Tamil community, where Michael (Lawrence Valin), a young police officer, is responsible for the penetration of a criminal group, known for its extortion and money laundering, in favor of the separatist rebels in Sri -Lanka. When he sinks into the heart of the organization, his devotion to one of the most mysterious and powerful gangs in Paris.
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The little jaffna, nicknamed the Paris Oblast, is interested in the Sri Lank Diaspora in France, mainly from the Tamil and Japna Peninsula. In France, Tamils Sri Lanks are mainly mounted on île-de-france and are based on a large network of society solidarity, one of the central unions of which is the chapel in the north of Paris.
The staging of a little japus is completely unprecedented and innovative, which paints both the aesthetics of Western and Sri -Lanka: in the city of Paris, in the middle of the Housman buildings, play stylized, colorful and dynamic action scenes, openly inspired by Bollywood cinemas. The film is also marked using music singular, alternating with unifying tamil rap, but also with folklore and more disturbing European compositions, reflecting the tension and hesitation of the main character. Lastly, the distribution, which consists mainly of Franco-Tamul actors, brings additional authenticity to the story. So many reasons that allowed Lawrence Valin’s feature film to win the Public Prize and jury prize at the Reims Polar Festival in early April.
On the basis of intrigue, the question crosses the film: it belongs to the public whether it is opposed to its host country integration.
Singular opinion on the exile community
Concerns of contextualization of his intrigue, a small japka from his first minute to present the context to explain the presence of Sri Lankas in France and especially in Paris.
A small Japna has a civil war with the background of the civil war that killed and confronted more than 70,000, from 1983 to 2009 by the Sri -Lanka government to Tamil Tiger, a group born in 1970, fighting against military dictatorship before the “terrorist organization” in 2006 was announced.
Actress Lawrence Valin (Le Beau Monde, Lola Pater, Hauts Perched), from Sri -Lanka’s diaspora, chose to shoot this first bold feature film based on this “historical fantasy” in which she portrays the main character.
He says: “I grew up with my mother and grandmother outside this topic.
Indeed, the filmmaker here offers an original point of view: “Successful” cultural integration with Michael’s character who arrived in France at the age of 4, who conducted his entire school and higher education in his host country. Today, a young police officer (fully integrated appearance) will penetrate the “opposing camp”: the extremist Tamils installed in Paris are not intentional to integrate. As the film progresses, and especially at its discretion, thanks to its intelligence and its “whites”, Michael will become essential in the eyes of an extra group leader and a “little japna” in a society whose joy and sadness he shares …
“Beyond the question of betrayal, there is also a devotion, which is one of the vectors of the script. There are two forms of devotion in the film that I promise that his police, his education and society.” – Performs the director.
The singular reflection of the identity, belonging, and violence that marks the society exiled society must now be found in theaters.
Source: Allocine
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