''Jimmy Rivière'' is a 2011 French drama film directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste.
Plot
Jimmy Rivière is passionate about
Muay Thai
Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...
. He seeks a possible life where he could reconcile his faith and his love for Sonia, a young Muslim girl, also in love with him. But Jimmy is also a nervous young gypsy in search of ideal and plagued by doubts, who lives in his loosely truck fitted a bed, not far from his family of caravans : his mother and "sister love" married without love. His conversion to
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement , a very assertive and fundamental branch in
Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
led him to question himself on his two passions : boxing and Sonia. Indeed,
Pentecostals
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement believe that to become a better man, they must renounce to violence and desire. Under pressure from the community, Jimmy applies but is struggling to put in agreement his will and acts. Gina, his boxing coach keeps reminding him that he would fine battles to fight and tries to make him back to his sporting passion.
Cast
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Guillaume Gouix
Guillaume Gouix (; born 30 November 1983) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He starred in the limited television series ''Gone for Good'' (2021).
Career
Guillaume Gouix learned acting at the Conservatory of Marseille, then at the Re ...
as Jimmy Rivière
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Béatrice Dalle as Gina
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Hafsia Herzi
Hafsia Herzi (born 25 January 1987) is a French actress and film director. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature '' The Secret of the Grain'' for which she won the award for most promising actress at the ...
as Sonia
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Serge Riaboukine
Serge Riaboukine (born 29 December 1957) is a French actor.
Theatre
Filmography
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
French male film actors
French male television actors
French pe ...
as José
* Pamela Flores as Becka
* Jacky Patrac as Ezechiel
* Canaan Marguerite as Mario
* Nadia Desposito as Thérèse
* Kévin Debar as Kevin
* David Ribeiro as Isaac
* Fanny Touron as Nessie
* Abdoulaye Fofana as Alfa Diallo
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Eye Haïdara as Fatim
* Paul Andrei as Rocky
* Djessé Metbach as John
* Marvin Hospice as Nino
* Clément Chevalier-Bousquet as Clément
* Mayli Flores as Cristal
* Marjorie Jalet as Marjorie
* Stéphanie Lussi as Stéphanie
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Jacques Fieschi
Jacques Fieschi (born 1948) is a French screenwriter. He has written for more than 30 films since 1985. He wrote and directed the film '' French California'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
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as The Prefect
Accolades
References
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2011 films
French drama films
Films scored by Robin Coudert
2011 drama films
2010s French films
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