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Cinema: Mehdi Fikri presents his first feature film “Before the flames go out”, “a combat film”
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Guest of 12/13 info, Wednesday November 1, the director, screenwriter and journalist Mehdi Fikri presented his first film “Before the flames are extinguished”, which will be released in theaters on November 15. A film that tackles the subject of police violence.
Before the flames go out will come out At cinema on November 15. A film which tells the story of a woman who embarks on a legal battle following the death of her little brother during a police arrest, and of which the quest for truth endangers the balance of his family. This is Mehdi’s first film Fikriwho is also a screenwriter and journalist. If this first film, which is a fiction, concerns a flammable subject in the context of Nahel’s death, that did not scare the director. “It’s a fight film, and it’s also a fight to make a first film“, indicated Mehdi Fikri in 12/13 info, Wednesday November 1st.
A reality that Mehdi Fikri was able to observe
Director asserted having wanted to tackle with this film “a reality [qu’il] had the chance to observe as a resident of 93 and as a journalist specializing in police and justice issues“. Mehdi Fikri notably carried out investigations into police violence. If it takes up this subject, this film is nevertheless imprint of optimism, by showing the union of a family and more broadly of a neighborhood to obtain reparations. “In the feedback we get from the film, (…) there is indeed this glimmer of hope”rejoices the director.