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ROUGE
RED SOIL
Farid BENTOUMI
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2020
88
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FRANCE, BELGIUM
Farid Bentoumi's second film after his comedy Good Luck Algeria. This time, the filmmaker focuses on a health and safety scandal: toxic waste that leaks out of a chemical plant, the infamous 'red soil' or 'red mud'. Zita Hanrot dazzles in the role of occupational nurse and whistle-blower, forming a powerhouse father/daughter duo with heartfelt union worker Sami Bouajila, who prefers to the run the risk of cancer rather than unemployment, and Céline Sallette, who has just finished her first short film for the ADAMI.
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Nour, a young nurse, has just been hired at her dad’s chemical factory. Taking care of the infirmary, she uncovers long hidden secrets and arrangements between the syndicates, politicians, and industry leaders. Lies about polluting waste, employees being sick, work accidents … Now the young woman will have to choose between her father or become a whistleblower …
CASTING
Zita HANROT
Sami BOUAJILA
Céline SALLETTE
Olivier GOURMET
CREDITS
Farid BENTOUMI
Realisation
Farid BENTOUMI, Samuel DOUX
Screenplay
George LECHAPTOIS
Cinematography
David FAIVRE
Production Design
Pierre DESPRATS
Music
Géraldine MANGENOT, Damien KEYEUX
Editing
Olivier LE VACON, Ingrid RALET, Luc THOMAS
Sound
PRODUCTION
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