''Pour Sacha'' (English title: ''For Sacha'') is a 1991 French romantic drama film directed by
Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria. He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen. His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja.
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and starring
Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...
,
Gérard Darmon
Gérard Darmon (born 29 February 1948) is a French- Moroccan actor and singer.
Personal life
He was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daug ...
, and
Ayelet Zurer
Ayelet Zurer ( he, איילת זורר; born ) is an Israeli actress. She was nominated for awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Israeli Academy Awards and the Israeli Television Academy Awards. She won Best Actress awards for her roles i ...
. The film is set just prior to the outbreak of the
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
in 1967.
Plot
Sacha and Laura, who have been living on a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
near the Syrian border for two years, are visited by three friends from Paris - Simon, Michel, and Paul - who have come to celebrate Laura's twentieth birthday. One of the friends, Simon, is obsessed by the death of the girl he loved. During the birthday celebration, he tries to find amongst his friends someone to blame for his love's death. Laura is the only one who knows that the young girl died of a broken heart. She also loved Sacha. The film ends as war is declared in Israel.
Cast
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Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...
as Laura
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Richard Berry as Sacha
* Fabien Orcier as Paul
* Niels Dubost as Simon
* Frédéric Quiring as Michel
* Jean-Claude de Goros as Dam Chemtov
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Gérard Darmon
Gérard Darmon (born 29 February 1948) is a French- Moroccan actor and singer.
Personal life
He was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daug ...
as David Malka
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Emmanuelle Riva
Emmanuelle Riva (; 24 February 1927 – 27 January 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) and '' Amour'' (2012).
Riva was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in ''Hiroshima mon ...
as Mrs. Malka
* Shlomit Cohen as Myriam
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Yael Abecassis
Yael Abecassis ( he, יעל אבקסיס; born 19 July 1967) is an Israeli actress and model.
Biography
Yael Abecassis was born in Ashkelon, Israel, to parents of Moroccan Jewish descent. Abecassis married Israeli actor Lior Miller in 1996 an ...
as Judith
* Amit Goren as Steve
* Nissim Zohar as Le Maskir
* Salim Dau as Wallid
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Ayelet Zurer
Ayelet Zurer ( he, איילת זורר; born ) is an Israeli actress. She was nominated for awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Israeli Academy Awards and the Israeli Television Academy Awards. She won Best Actress awards for her roles i ...
as Shoshana
* Ezra Kafri as Le colonel
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Michal Yannai
Michal Yannai (or Yanai, he, מיכל ינאי; born 18 June 1972) is an Israeli actress.
Early and personal life
Yannai was born and raised in Ramat Gan to a family of Jewish background.
In 2003, Yanai married Israeli businessman Ofer Resle ...
as Anglaise n° 1
References
External links
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1991 films
Films about the kibbutz
French romantic drama films
1990s French-language films
Films directed by Alexandre Arcady
Films scored by Philippe Sarde
Films set in 1967
Works about the Six-Day War
1990s French films
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