Short synopsis : Academy Award nominee Ladj Ly follows his internationally acclaimed debut Les Misérables with another incendiary, deeply personal and powerfully political portrait of a community struggling to find a way and a place to belong.

Long synopsis : After the sudden death of the town's mayor, Pierre, an idealistic young doctor, is appointed to replace him. He intends to continue the policy of his predecessor, who dreamed of rehabilitating this working-class neighbourhood. Haby, a young French woman of Malian origin living in one of the dilapidated tower blocks, refuses to see her family being driven out of the neighbourhood where she grew up.

Cast

• Alexis Manenti, Jeanne Balibar, STEVE TIENTCHEU, Aristote Luyindula, Anta Diaw

Crew

• Producer(s): SRAB FILMS, LYLY FILMS
• Director(s): Ladj Ly
• Screenplay: Ladj Ly, GIORDANO GEDERLINI
• DP: JULIEN POUPARD
• Editing: Flora Volpelière
• Original Music: Pink Noise
• Set Design: Karim Lagati
• Costume Designer: Noémie Veissier
• Sound Editor: Gautier Isern, Matthieu Autin, Guillaume D’Ham, Marco Casanova
• With the support of the Creative Europe Program: MEDIA Films on the move 2023

• Original Title: BATIMENT 5
• Genre(s): Drama


• Production company: SRAB FILMS, LYLY FILMS
• Production date: 2023
• Language: French
• Duration: 105 min
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