White Paradise
Film poster
FrenchLes Survivants
Directed byGuillaume Renusson
Written by
  • Guillaume Renusson
  • Clément Peny
Produced by
  • Pierre-Louis Garnon
  • Frédéric Jouve
Starring
CinematographyPierre Maillis-Laval
Edited byJoseph Comar
Music byRobin Coudert
Production
companies
  • Les Films Velvet
  • WTFilms
  • Baxter Films
Distributed byAd Vitam[1]
Release dates
  • 24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) (FFA)[2]
  • 4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) (France)[1]
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryFrance[1]
Languages
Box office$415,679[4]

White Paradise (French: Les Survivants) is an 2022 French drama thriller film written and directed by Guillaume Renusson in his feature film directorial debut,[5] and starring Denis Ménochet, Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Victoire Du Bois. The film made its world premiere in official competition at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 24 August 2022. Ad Vitam released the film theatrically in France on 4 January 2023.

Plot

Samuel is a widower who lives isolated in his chalet in the heart of the Italian Alps. One night, Chehreh, a young Afghan woman takes refuge in his home, trapped by the snow. She wants to cross the mountain to reach France. Samuel does not want trouble but faced with his distress, he decides to help her. Beyond the hostility of nature, they will also have to face the hostility of the locals who are determined to stop Chehreh from crossing the border.

Cast

Production

Filming

Filming took place in the Hautes-Alpes and in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France.[6] Principal photography started in March 2020, but it had to be interrupted on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Filming resumed on 11 January 2021 and wrapped on 12 February 2021.[6]

Release

The film made its world premiere in official competition at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 24 August 2022.[2] Ad Vitam released the film theatrically in France on 4 January 2023.[1]

Reception

Critical response

AlloCiné, a French cinema website, gave the film an average rating of 3.6/5, based on a survey of 20 French reviews.[7]

Box office

In France, White Paradise was released to 120 theaters, where it debuted at number fifteenth at the box office, selling 38,064 tickets.[8][9] The film sold a total of 81,678 tickets after 8 weeks in French theaters.[10]

Awards and nominations

Year Award / Festival Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
2019 Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers Audience Award for Best Screenplay for a Feature Film Guillaume Renusson and Clément Peny Won [1][11]
Fondation VISIO Award – Screenplay Readings Guillaume Renusson and Clément Peny Won [1][12]
2022 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival Best Film Guillaume Renusson Nominated [2]
2023 Rome Independent Film Festival Best International Feature Film Won [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Les Survivants - Ad Vitam". Ad Vitam Distribution (in French). Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Les Survivants | Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême". filmfrancophone.fr. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Les Survivants / White Paradise | Focus Alpes – saison 2". lesarcs-filmfest.com (in French). 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "White Paradise". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Les survivants | Entretien avec Guillaume Renusson, réalisateur". Caméo Nancy (in French). Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Denis Ménochet tourne dans Les Survivants". Cineuropa (in French). 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Critiques presse pour le film Les Survivants". AlloCiné (in French). Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Baronnet, Brigitte (5 January 2023). "Box-office : Omar Sy en tête du 1er jour France avec Tirailleurs". AlloCiné (in French). Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Colon, Tanguy (5 January 2023). "Box-office 1er jour : Tirailleurs vise juste". Boxoffice Pro (in French). Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Les Survivants (2023)". JP Box-Office (in French). Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Guédot, Valérie (11 February 2019). "Le Festival Premier Plan d'Angers du 25 janvier au 3 février 2019". Radio France (in French). Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "« Les Survivants », histoire d'un tournage à rebondissements". CNC.fr (in French). 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "The winners of the XXII edition of the RIFF Awards 2023 have been announced – Best Italian Feature Film is "Ciurè" by Giampiero Pumo – Best International Feature Film "White Paradise" by Guillaume Renusson (France)". Rome Independent Film Festival. 25 November 2023. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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