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Il faut sauver Saïd

2008 · 90 min

A sobering, socially grounded drama that immerses you in a boy's struggle against a rigged environment, leaving a lingering sense of injustice.

Directed by
Didier Grousset
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Dean Mechemache, Thomas Doucet, Souad Amidou
Tagline
Its a hard knock life
Overview
10-year-old Saïd, a child of Algerian immigrants, is talented, motivated and would like to be a good student. But the conditions at the collège he attends in the Parisian banlieue hardly give him a chance. And then he is drawn into the criminal machinations of his brother.

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Directed by
Didier Grousset
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Dean Mechemache, Thomas Doucet, Souad Amidou
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • crime
  • education
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Didier Grousset
Starring
Dean Mechemache, Thomas Doucet, Souad Amidou, Mohamed Fellag, Gaëla Le Devehat, Christian Brendel, Marese Hassani, Soufiane Guerrab
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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