A first feature film by French boxer, auteur and actor Rachid Djaidani (2006 documentary Sur Ma Ligne), Rengaine (Hold Back) premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where it was the official selection in the Directors Fortnight and the International Critics Week sections. Described as a "Paris-set twist on Romeo and Juliet", Hold Back will screen next at the 56th BFI London Film Festival, which begins October 10. The film stars Slimane Dazi as Slimane, the eldest of 40 Arab Muslim brothers to Sabrina (Sabrina Hamida), a young North African woman. Slimane is disgusted by the rumors of his sister's engagement to a Black Christian French man named Dorcy - played...
- 9/6/2012
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
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