France TV Distribution has enlisted a raft of major distributors worldwide for “Sugar and Stars,” a movie starring Riadh Belaïche, a social media influencer-turned-actor.
The inspirational drama is based on the true story of Yazid Ichemrahem, an underdog who became a famous pastry chef.
“Sugar and Stars” marks the debut feature of Sébastien Tulard, who has directed several shorts and worked as assistant director on hit French comedies such as Tarek Boudali’s “30 jours max,” Frank Gastambide’s popular show “All the Way Up,” Dany Boon’s “Supercondriaque” and Philippe Lacheau’s “Babysitting.”
The film was penned by Penned by Cédric Ido and based on Ichemrahem’s bestselling autobiographical book “Un rêve d’enfant étoilé.”
The story revolves around Yazid, who spent his childhood moving from one foster home to another while dreaming of becoming a pastry chef. Nothing predestines him for such a career, but Yazid’s fierce...
The inspirational drama is based on the true story of Yazid Ichemrahem, an underdog who became a famous pastry chef.
“Sugar and Stars” marks the debut feature of Sébastien Tulard, who has directed several shorts and worked as assistant director on hit French comedies such as Tarek Boudali’s “30 jours max,” Frank Gastambide’s popular show “All the Way Up,” Dany Boon’s “Supercondriaque” and Philippe Lacheau’s “Babysitting.”
The film was penned by Penned by Cédric Ido and based on Ichemrahem’s bestselling autobiographical book “Un rêve d’enfant étoilé.”
The story revolves around Yazid, who spent his childhood moving from one foster home to another while dreaming of becoming a pastry chef. Nothing predestines him for such a career, but Yazid’s fierce...
- 10/10/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Clement Cogitore’s “Sons Of Ramses” (“Goutte d’Or”) will have its world premiere in Cannes as a special screening in the Critics’ Week strand of the festival.
The film follows Ramses, a skilful clairvoyant in the multicultural Parisian district of La Goutte d’Or. When a gang of fearless kids start terrorizing the locals, the balance of his thriving business and of the whole neighborhood is disturbed. Until one day, when Ramses has a real vision.
The cast includes Karim Leklou (“The World is Yours”), Malik Zidi (“Oxygen”), Elsa Wolliaston (“Victoria”), Jawad Outouia, Elyes Dkhissi, Yilin Yang (“Three Times Nothing”) and Loubna Abidar (“Much Loved”).
After studying at Le Fresnoy (France’s National Studio for Contemporary Arts), Cogitore developed his artistic practice between the spaces of cinema and contemporary art. In 2015, his first feature film, “The Wakhan Front” was selected at the Cannes Critics’ Week, where it won the...
The film follows Ramses, a skilful clairvoyant in the multicultural Parisian district of La Goutte d’Or. When a gang of fearless kids start terrorizing the locals, the balance of his thriving business and of the whole neighborhood is disturbed. Until one day, when Ramses has a real vision.
The cast includes Karim Leklou (“The World is Yours”), Malik Zidi (“Oxygen”), Elsa Wolliaston (“Victoria”), Jawad Outouia, Elyes Dkhissi, Yilin Yang (“Three Times Nothing”) and Loubna Abidar (“Much Loved”).
After studying at Le Fresnoy (France’s National Studio for Contemporary Arts), Cogitore developed his artistic practice between the spaces of cinema and contemporary art. In 2015, his first feature film, “The Wakhan Front” was selected at the Cannes Critics’ Week, where it won the...
- 5/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
France TV Distribution has boarded “Sugar and Stars” (“À la belle étoile”), an inspirational drama based on the true story of an underdog who became a famed pastry chef.
The film marks the feature debut of Sébastien Tulard, who has directed several shorts and worked as assistant director on hit French comedies such as Tarek Boudali’s “30 jours max,” Frank Gastambide’s popular show “All The Way Up,” Dany Boon’s “Supercondriaque” and Philippe Lacheau’s “Babysitting.”
Penned by Cédric Ido, “Sugar and Stars” is based on Yazid Ichemrahem’s autobiographical book “Un rêve d’enfant étoilé.” The story revolves around Yazid, who spends his childhood moving from one foster home to another while dreaming of becoming a pastry chef. Nothing predestines him for such a career, but Yazid’s fierce determination and resourcefulness allow him to thrive in the elitist arena of patisserie. Working for the world’s top chefs from Paris to Monaco,...
The film marks the feature debut of Sébastien Tulard, who has directed several shorts and worked as assistant director on hit French comedies such as Tarek Boudali’s “30 jours max,” Frank Gastambide’s popular show “All The Way Up,” Dany Boon’s “Supercondriaque” and Philippe Lacheau’s “Babysitting.”
Penned by Cédric Ido, “Sugar and Stars” is based on Yazid Ichemrahem’s autobiographical book “Un rêve d’enfant étoilé.” The story revolves around Yazid, who spends his childhood moving from one foster home to another while dreaming of becoming a pastry chef. Nothing predestines him for such a career, but Yazid’s fierce determination and resourcefulness allow him to thrive in the elitist arena of patisserie. Working for the world’s top chefs from Paris to Monaco,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Director-producer Nabil Ayouch and actor-director Maryam Touzani are attending the Marrakech Film Festival for the gala screening of Touzani’s debut feature, “Adam,” on Tuesday. The film, written by her, with the collaboration of Ayouch, and produced by the latter, is Morocco’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.
“Adam” had its world premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard, has won 16 prizes at major festivals, and has been sold by sales agent Films Boutique to more than 15 territories, including U.S., France, Benelux, Australia, Japan, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil.
The pic, starring Lubna Azabal and Nisrin Erradi, is about a life changing encounter in Casablanca’s Medina between Samia, a heavily pregnant, single young woman from the countryside, and Abla, a widow with a vivacious eight-year-old daughter who has set up a bakery.
Touzani says that the inspiration for the film was...
“Adam” had its world premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard, has won 16 prizes at major festivals, and has been sold by sales agent Films Boutique to more than 15 territories, including U.S., France, Benelux, Australia, Japan, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil.
The pic, starring Lubna Azabal and Nisrin Erradi, is about a life changing encounter in Casablanca’s Medina between Samia, a heavily pregnant, single young woman from the countryside, and Abla, a widow with a vivacious eight-year-old daughter who has set up a bakery.
Touzani says that the inspiration for the film was...
- 11/29/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
As if taking part in two of the most celebrated films of the year, Mia Hansen-Løve’s Things to Come and Paul Verhoeven’s Elle wasn’t enough, Isabelle Huppert will also bring the new drama Souvenir to Tiff (where she’ll give a masterclass) and she recently wrapped Michael Haneke‘s new feature Happy End. Although it marks a reunion following The Piano Teacher, it looks like we can expect a much different film.
We’ve previously learned it centers on a “bourgeois, European family, blind to what is going on in the wider world around them,” specifically with regard to Europe’s migrant crisis. Huppert has now talked with Little White Lies, saying, “This movie is completely different from what I did on, say, The Piano Teacher. And certainly different to Amour. It is an ensemble film, with lots of characters. He calls it a ‘freeze frame’. It...
We’ve previously learned it centers on a “bourgeois, European family, blind to what is going on in the wider world around them,” specifically with regard to Europe’s migrant crisis. Huppert has now talked with Little White Lies, saying, “This movie is completely different from what I did on, say, The Piano Teacher. And certainly different to Amour. It is an ensemble film, with lots of characters. He calls it a ‘freeze frame’. It...
- 8/25/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Whether you think he’s a titan of contemporary art cinema or a moralizing hack, Michael Haneke will dominate much of 2017’s cinematic discourse with his new feature, Happy End. Earlier reports were vague, albeit intriguing, telling us the Isabelle Huppert– and Jean-Louis Trintignant-led picture will concern a “bourgeois, European family, blind to what is going on in the wider world around them,” specifically with regard to Europe’s migrant crisis.
So said Huppert at this year’s Cannes Film Festival:
“‘But you can imagine what a Michael Haneke film called Happy Ending will be like. You can imagine there will be a certain irony, a certain…’ – she hesitates playfully, choosing her words – ‘clear-sightedness. For me, the title says everything about how lucidly Haneke sees the world.’ Apparently it’s about immigration, I hazard. ‘Apparently. That’s not all there is to it. We’ll see.'”
Casting has...
So said Huppert at this year’s Cannes Film Festival:
“‘But you can imagine what a Michael Haneke film called Happy Ending will be like. You can imagine there will be a certain irony, a certain…’ – she hesitates playfully, choosing her words – ‘clear-sightedness. For me, the title says everything about how lucidly Haneke sees the world.’ Apparently it’s about immigration, I hazard. ‘Apparently. That’s not all there is to it. We’ll see.'”
Casting has...
- 6/6/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Director Nabil Ayouch and star Loubna Abidar portray the north African country’s illicit sex trade with brash abandon, but how closely the film mirrors real prostitutes’ experience is moot
If anything hammers home the need for a film like Much Loved, it’s the news that lead actor Loubna Abidar has fled Morocco after police refused to take seriously her account of being attacked on the streets of Casablanca last week. Something amazingly similar happens on screen. Her character, the diva-ish Marrakech prostitute Noha, is also turfed out of the police station, and sexually coerced for good measure, after she kicks up a fuss when her friend is beaten up by a Saudi client.
Related: Star of Morocco sex worker film flees for France after 'beating'
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If anything hammers home the need for a film like Much Loved, it’s the news that lead actor Loubna Abidar has fled Morocco after police refused to take seriously her account of being attacked on the streets of Casablanca last week. Something amazingly similar happens on screen. Her character, the diva-ish Marrakech prostitute Noha, is also turfed out of the police station, and sexually coerced for good measure, after she kicks up a fuss when her friend is beaten up by a Saudi client.
Related: Star of Morocco sex worker film flees for France after 'beating'
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- 11/10/2015
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor Loubna Abidar, who played a prostitute in the Cannes hit Much Loved, claims she was ‘received with laughter’ after trying to report an attack by unknown knife-wielding assailants at Casablanca’s main police station
A Moroccan actor who starred in a controversial film about sex workers says she has fled the North African nation for France after being savagely beaten.
Loubna Abidar, who played a prostitute in the drama Much Loved, posted photographs and a video on Facebook in which she appeared bruised and bleeding. She said she had been attacked by unknown knife-wielding assailants in Casablanca on Thursday night and claimed no police station or hospital would take her in.
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A Moroccan actor who starred in a controversial film about sex workers says she has fled the North African nation for France after being savagely beaten.
Loubna Abidar, who played a prostitute in the drama Much Loved, posted photographs and a video on Facebook in which she appeared bruised and bleeding. She said she had been attacked by unknown knife-wielding assailants in Casablanca on Thursday night and claimed no police station or hospital would take her in.
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- 11/10/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor Loubna Abidar, who played a prostitute in the Cannes hit Much Loved, claims she was ‘received with laughter’ after trying to report an attack by unknown knife-wielding assailants at Casablanca’s main police station
A Moroccan actor who starred in a controversial film about sex workers says she has fled the North African nation for France after being savagely beaten.
Loubna Abidar, who played a prostitute in the drama Much Loved, posted photographs and a video on Facebook in which she appeared bruised and bleeding. She said she had been attacked by unknown knife-wielding assailants in Casablanca on Thursday night and claimed no police station or hospital would take her in.
Continue reading...
A Moroccan actor who starred in a controversial film about sex workers says she has fled the North African nation for France after being savagely beaten.
Loubna Abidar, who played a prostitute in the drama Much Loved, posted photographs and a video on Facebook in which she appeared bruised and bleeding. She said she had been attacked by unknown knife-wielding assailants in Casablanca on Thursday night and claimed no police station or hospital would take her in.
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- 11/10/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
A month ago, Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch and his leading actress Loubna Abidar of the controversial Moroccan drama, 'Much Loved," which was banned by the country, were summoned to court on charges of “pornography, indecency and inciting minors to debauchery," and were asked to defend the film's “immorality” before a court in Marrakech this month - this is according to reports from various Moroccan press outlets I follow - although no word on whether the court date actually happened. This news came a few weeks after the stark social drama about prostitution, set in Marrakech today, was banned by the filmmaker's country (Morocco), because the film “undermines...
- 7/29/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Director Nabil Ayouch and actress Loubna Abidar of the controversial Moroccan drama, 'Much Loved," which was banned by the country, have been summoned to court on charges of “pornography, indecency and inciting minors to debauchery," and have been asked to defend the film's “immorality” before a court in Marrakech next month - this is according to reports from various Moroccan press outlets I follow. This news comes a few weeks after the stark social drama about prostitution, set in Marrakech today, was banned by the filmmaker's country (Morocco), because the film “undermines the moral values, and the dignity of Moroccan women, and [is] a flagrant attack on...
- 6/24/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Reports from Morocco say director Nabil Ayouch and actor Loubna Abidar have been summoned to court to face indecency charges over their explicit film about the country’s clandestine sex industry
The director of Much Loved, a controversial new Moroccan film, has been summoned to court on charges of “pornography, indecency and inciting minors to debauchery”.
Moroccan media reports say director Nabil Ayouch and his Moroccan leading actor, Loubna Abidar, who plays a prostitute in the film, are to appear in court in Marrakesh on 15 July.
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The director of Much Loved, a controversial new Moroccan film, has been summoned to court on charges of “pornography, indecency and inciting minors to debauchery”.
Moroccan media reports say director Nabil Ayouch and his Moroccan leading actor, Loubna Abidar, who plays a prostitute in the film, are to appear in court in Marrakesh on 15 July.
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- 6/24/2015
- by Adam Alexander
- The Guardian - Film News
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