''Ne m'abandonne pas'' (French for ''Don't Leave Me'') is a French TV movie directed by Xavier Durringer, which was broadcast on 3 February 2016 on France 2. The film deals with the topic of young French Muslims who are radicalized and encouraged to go to Syria to join the

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Synopsis

A French woman experiences her worst nightmare when she discovers that her 17-year-old daughter has been radicalized and plans to travel to Syria to meet her new husband, a

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she met online. In order to prevent this, the mother decides to completely isolate her daughter.

Cast

Lina El Arabi Lina El Arabi (born 11 August 1995) is a French actress of Moroccan heritage. Biography El Arabi was born in Choisy-le-Roi, France, in 1995. At age six, she began playing violin at the Choisy-le-Roi conservatory, and at ten, she got involved i ...

as Chama * Samia Sassi as Inès, Chama's mother *

Sami Bouajila Sami Bouajila (born 26 May 1966) is a French actor who has won two César Awards. Bouajila has worked and acted in two Oscar nominated films ('' Days of Glory'' and '' Outside the Law''), both directed by director Rachid Bouchareb. Early life B ...

as Sami, Chama's father *

Marc Lavoine Marc Lucien Lavoine (; born 6 August 1962 in Longjumeau) is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single " Elle a les yeux revolver..." reached number four on the French Singles chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing car ...

as Adrien, Louis' father *

Léo Legrand Léo Legrand is a French actor. He is best known for playing the role of Thomas in ''Trouble at Timpetill'' and playing the role of Thomas Verniaz in ''A Distant Neighborhood''. The latter film earned him a Young Artist Award nomination in the ca ...

as Louis, Chama's boyfriend, who is fighting in Syria * Tassadit Mandi as Chama's grandmother * Sofia Lesaffre as Yasmina, Chama's best friend * Louise Szpindel as Manon, an ex-convert back from Syria * Virgile M'Fouilou as Lieutenant Logley * Meriem Serbah as Nora * Bachir Tliti as Benjamin * Évelyne El Garby Klaï as Djemila, Sami's companion * Théo Taggueb as Noam, Chams's half-brother * Zoé Daddi-Bourcy as Louisa, Chama's half-sister * Clara Pirali as Carole * Nadir Louatib as Omar, a friend of Louis * Louis-Marie Audubert as the postman

Awards and recognition

Wins * 2017 International Emmy Awards: Best TV Movie/Miniseries * 2017

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: Best Long Fiction Program * 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actress for Samia Sassi * 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best TV Movie Nominations * Monte Carlo TV Festival 2017: Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries for

Legacy

A petition was launched in 2016 to request the broadcast of the film in all French high schools. Addressed to

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (; ar, link=no, نجاة فالو بلقاسم; Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⵊⴰⵜ ⴱⵍⵇⴰⵙⵎ; born 4 October 1977) is a former Moroccan- French jurist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who was the first Fr ...

, the French Minister of National Education, the petition succeeded in reaching its objective of 43,172 signatures, and the Minister responded favourably to the project.

References

External links

* {{InternationalEmmyAward TV Movie or Miniseries 2016 television films 2016 films French drama television films Films directed by Xavier Durringer