“Salam”, the documentary on the former French rapper Diam’s, was exceptionally released in cinemas on July 1 and 2. The film attracted more than 90,000 spectators in 48 hours.
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Hello ,“peace” in Arabic, the new documentary on rapper Diam’s who has become Mélanie again, was released in cinemas on July 1 and 2. Presented at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition, the film brought together 90,096 spectators in two days in 186 theaters in France, mainly located in the regions, with an average of 500 admissions per cinema, the Brut platform which produces the documentary said on Tuesday.
Hello has even been “the most viewed in theaters on Friday July 1, thus propelling it to No. 1 at the box office”underlines Brut in its press release. To compare, Cut by Michel Hazanavicius, with Romain Duris and Sibling by Arnaud Desplechin, with Marion Cotillard, two French films presented at Cannes, respectively attracted 100,000 and 73,000 spectators in seven days, during their first week in theaters.
In the documentary that she co-directed, Diam’s comes out of a twelve-year media silence to deliver her truth and talk about her suicide attempts, her internment, her conversion to Islam and her foundation dedicated to orphans in Mali. Apart from an incursion into an empty Zenith in Paris, the film is not about music. The 40-year-old presents herself veiled and covered from head to toe. The film is split into two parts: the unhappiness of showbiz times and the aftermath.
The film will be broadcast in September on the BrutX online platform.