Games of Love and Chance
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Games of Love and Chance is a 2003 French
drama film
directed by Abdel Kechiche
and starring Sara Forestier
. It won the César Award for Best Film
, Best Director
, Best Writing
and Most Promising Actress
.
The film was shot in Seine-Saint-Denis
in 6 weeks in October and November 2002.
practice a passage from the play Games of Love and Chance
by Marivaux
for their French class. Abdelkrim, or Krimo, who initially does not act in the play, falls in love with Lydia. In order to try to seduce her, he accepts the role of Arlequin and joins the rehearsal. But his timidness and awkwardness keeps him from participating in the play as well as succeeding with Lydia.
, many of the actors in this film were inexperienced in cinema and recruited specifically for the film.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Abdel Kechiche
Abdel Kechiche
Abdellatif Kechiche is an actor, movie director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with La Faute à Voltaire , aka Poetical Refugee, which he also wrote. He also directed L'Esquive, which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director...
and starring Sara Forestier
Sara Forestier
Sara Forestier is a French actress who lives in Paris. She began her film career in 2001 and received a César Award for Most Promising Actress in Games of Love and Chance...
. It won the César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
, Best Director
César Award for Best Director
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
, Best Writing
César Award for Best Writing
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
and Most Promising Actress
César Award for Most Promising Actress
The following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
.
The film was shot in Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis
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in 6 weeks in October and November 2002.
Synopsis
A group of teenagers from the housing projects of the Paris suburbsBanlieue
In francophone areas, banlieues are the "outskirts" of a city: the zone around a city that is under the city's rule.Banlieues are translated as "suburbs", as these are also residential areas on the outer edge of a city, but the connotations of the term "banlieue" in France can be different from...
practice a passage from the play Games of Love and Chance
Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard
The Game of Love and Chance is a three-act romantic comedy by French playwright Marivaux. The Game of Love and Chance was first performed 23 January 1730 by the Comédie Italienne. In this play, a young woman is visited by her betrothed, whom she does not know. To get a better idea of the type of...
by Marivaux
Pierre de Marivaux
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux , commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French novelist and dramatist....
for their French class. Abdelkrim, or Krimo, who initially does not act in the play, falls in love with Lydia. In order to try to seduce her, he accepts the role of Arlequin and joins the rehearsal. But his timidness and awkwardness keeps him from participating in the play as well as succeeding with Lydia.
Cast
Other than Sara ForestierSara Forestier
Sara Forestier is a French actress who lives in Paris. She began her film career in 2001 and received a César Award for Most Promising Actress in Games of Love and Chance...
, many of the actors in this film were inexperienced in cinema and recruited specifically for the film.
- Osman Elkharraz as Krimo
- Sara ForestierSara ForestierSara Forestier is a French actress who lives in Paris. She began her film career in 2001 and received a César Award for Most Promising Actress in Games of Love and Chance...
as Lydia - Sabrina OuazaniSabrina OuazaniSabrina Ouazani is a French actress. She is best known for her performance as Frida in Games of Love and Chance.-Selected filmography:- External links :...
as Frida - Nanou Benhamou as Nanou, the sister of Krimo
- Hafet Ben-Ahmed as Fathi, Krimo's best friend
- Aurélie Ganito as Magalie, the girlfriend of Krimo (broke up near the beginning of the film)
- Carole Franck as French professor
- Hajar Hamlili as Zina
- Rachid Hami as Rachid / Arlequin
- Meryem Serbah as the mother of Krimo
- Hanane Mazouz as Hanane
- Sylvain Phan as Slam
- Olivier Loustau, Rosalie Symon, Patrick Kodjo Topou, Lucien Tipaldi as the police
- Reinaldo Wong as The couturier
- Nu Du, Ki Hong, Brigitte Bellony-Riskwait, Ariyapitipum Naruemol, Fatima Lahbi