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The “Apaches” are the name of a gang that reigned terror in Paris in the 1900s. It is now the name of a film which will be released at the cinema on Wednesday March 29, with a whole new generation of actors.
In the 1900s, a gang of young delinquents raged throughout Paris. They are nicknamed “the Apaches”, they are not afraid of anything or anyone but live on the fringes of a nascent industrial society. “The generation just above killed themselves in the factory and they said to themselves, if this is the life that awaits us, we don’t want it. Life is today, it’s is now, and we’ll take what they don’t want to give us”testifies the main actor of the film, Niels Schneider.
A universe of violence scripted by Romain Quirot
In this universe of violence a young woman interferes. Billy is looking for revenge, she discovers freedom. “It’s the role of a strong, free woman. You have to wear big dresses but at the same time, you opened the neckline, you lifted the dress to show your stockings, something we never did at the time. “, describes actress Alice Isaaz. Romain Quirot wanted to explore the gangster film. He chose a little-known part of our history: the “Apaches” are the dark side of the pretty picture of the Belle Epoque.
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