Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #63. Elie Wajeman’s Les Anarchistes

Les Anarchistes

Director: Elie Wajeman // Writers: Elie Wajeman, Gaelle Mace

Elie Wajeman’s directorial debut, Aliyah, landed at Cannes in 2012 in the Director’s Fortnight. An interesting character study that headlined Pio Marmai as a drug dealer hoping to start afresh in Israel also co-starred Adele Haenel and Cedric Kahn. Wajeman’s latest is a period piece, and he’s cast two hot commodities in the leads, Tahar Rahim and from Blue is the Warmest Color, Adele Exarchopoulos. Set in 1899 Paris, a young police sergeant is chosen to infiltrate a group of anarchists, an opportunity he sees to rise through the ranks. However, he soon finds himself becoming attached to the group.

Cast: Tahar Rahim, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Cedric Kahn

Producers: 24 Mai Production’s Lola Gans (La France), France 2 Cinema, Mars Films

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available

Release Date: We’re expecting Wajeman to be ready in time for Cannes, and with the pedigree at hand seems a shoe-in for the Un Certain Regard section.

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