''Heaven Will Wait'' (french: Le Ciel attendra) is a 2016 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

2016 Toronto International Film Festival The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown. Awards The festival's final awards were ...

Cast and characters

* Noémie Merlant as Sonia Bouzaria * Naomi Amarger as Mélanie Thenot *

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for ''À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actr ...

as Catherine *

Clotilde Courau Princess Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau (born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. She is married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America''. Burke's Pee ...

as Sylvie *

Zinedine Soualem Zinedine Soualem (born 17 April 1957) is a French actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch. Personal life Soualem is Algerian by ancestry, and was at one point married to the actress Hiam Abbass Hiam Abba ...

as Samir * Dounia Bouzar as herself * Ariane Ascaride *

Yvan Attal Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan S ...

Reception

Allan Hunter of '' Screen Daily'' wrote that while the film "lack subtlety in places, it still successfully evokes the human heartbreak beneath the news headlines."

Accolades

References

External links

* 2016 films 2016 drama films French drama films 2010s French-language films Films directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar 2010s French films {{2010s-France-film-stub