From 25 October 2023

Father & Soldier Tirailleurs

Mathieu Vadepied / France, Senegal / 2022 / 100 min / French

1917. A Senegalese farmer joins the French army to be close to his seventeen-year-old son, who was forcibly conscripted. An epic tale of this hidden aspect of French history, and an intimate portrait of fatherly love. The opening film of the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Festival.

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