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
  1. "Ni le ciel ni la terre". JP's Box-Office.
  2. "Ni le ciel ni la terre (The Wakhan Front)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. "Selection of the 54th International Critics' Week". Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. Julien Gester (29 September 2015). ""NI LE CIEL NI LA TERRE", FRONT OCCULTE". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. "NI LE CIEL NI LA TERRE". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. John Hopewell; Elsa Keslassy (21 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Paulina,' 'Land and Shade' Top Cannes Critics' Week". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  7. "'Golden Years,' 'Marguerite,' 'Dheepan,' 'Mustang' Lead Cesar Nominations". Variety.
  8. "Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique 2015". Syndicat Français de la Critique. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.
  9. "Prix Louis-Delluc 2015 : découvrez les nominations". Télérama. 27 November 2015.
  10. "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné. 4 January 2016.
  11. "Les " Magritte du Cinéma ", c'est le 6 février prochain à 20h00". Cinergie.
  12. "'The Wakhan Front' takes top prize at Motovun Film Festival". Screendaily. 3 August 2015.
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