L'ennemi intime (2007)

Note Générale:

6,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Florent Emilio Siri

Scénaristes:

Florent Emilio Siri (adaptation) and
Patrick Rotman (adaptation) ...
(suite)

Date de sortie:

2 octobre 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Histoire | Guerre

Intrigue:

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence. |

Plot Keywords:

Algeria | Lieutenant | Military | Sergeant | Torture

Récompenses:

4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Missing in inaction

Ensemble

Benoît Magimel	...	Lieutenant Terrien
Albert Dupontel	...	Sergent Dougnac
Aurélien Recoing	...	Commandant Vesoul
Marc Barbé	...	Capitaine Berthaut
Eric Savin	...	Le sergent tortionnaire
Mohamed Fellag	...	Idir Danoun (as Fellag)
Lounès Tazairt	...	Saïd
Abdelhafid Metalsi	...	Rachid
Vincent Rottiers	...	Lefranc
Lounès Machene	...	Amar
Adrien Saint-Joré	...	Lacroix
Guillaume Gouix	...	Delmas
Ange Ruzé	...	Théron
Salem Aït-Ali-Belkacem	...	Ouramdam
Antoine Laurent	...	Maheu
Anthony Decadi	...	Rougier
Xavier Rothmann	...	Blois
Timothée Manesse	...	Zunino
Jeremy Azencott	...	Toto
Kamel Machene	...	Lounès
Abdelhafid Danoun	...	Ali
Saïd Djili	...	Nassim
Malik Bouarrar	...	Mahoud
Hassib Boukellal	...	Hassib
Saïd Debiane	...	Kabyle torturé
Salah Ben Salah	...	Kabyle exécuté
Ebnjelloul Ilyassan	...	Attia
Deborah Benzaquen	...	Femme de Terrien
Martin Simenon	...	Vigier
Maxime Biar	...	Fils de Terrien
Hicham Hlimi	...	Lieutenant Constantin
Gigi Terkemani	...	Zahra de Taïda
Mohamed Majd	...	Meziane de Taïda
Ibrahim Mansouri	...	Guetteur Taïda
Abdelkhalek Youness	...	Prisonnier torture
Amine Ennaji	...	Fellagha bataille Rehki
Mustapha El Amraoui	...	Frère Amar

Réalisé par
Florent Emilio Siri

Scénaristes
Florent Emilio Siri		(adaptation) and
Patrick Rotman		(adaptation)
Patrick Rotman		writer

Produit par
Bénédicte Bellocq	....	executive producer
François Kraus	....	producer
Souad Lamriki	....	executive producer
Denis Pineau-Valencienne	....	producer

Musique originale
Alexandre Desplat

Image
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci

Montage
Christophe Danilo
Olivier Gajan

Distribution des rôles
Christel Baras
Stéphane Foenkinos

Création des décors
William Abello

Direction artistique
Dominique Carrara

Création des costumes
Laetitia Harvey
Mimi Lempicka

Maquillage
Sonia Akouz	....	makeup artist: Morocco
Nezha Aouis	....	makeup artist: Morocco
Laurent Cazeau	....	key hair stylist
Mélanie Gerbeaux	....	assistant special effects makeup artist
Sahi Hicham	....	hair stylist
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	assistant special effects makeup artist
Benoît Lestang	....	special makeup effects artist
Françoise Quilichini	....	key makeup artist
Hicham Sahi	....	hair assistant
Rachid Sahi	....	hair stylist: Morocco
Geoffroy Selley	....	assistant special effects makeup artist (as Geoffroy Felley)
Chloé Van Lierde	....	assistant special effects makeup artist

Directeur de production
Miloud Akdim	....	assistant unit manager
Antoine Beau	....	production manager
Zoubir Belgsir	....	assistant unit manager
Mohamed Idrissi Chaouki	....	assistant unit manager (as Mohamed Chawqui Idrissi)
Olivier Gravenhorst	....	post-production supervisor
Redouane Inzig	....	assistant unit manager
Abdenabi Izlaguen	....	assistant unit manager (as Abdenbi Izlagen)
Antoine Moussault	....	unit production manager
Abderrahim Rbibe	....	assistant unit manager (as Abderrahim R'Bibe)
Tony Valence	....	unit manager

Assistant réalisateur
Noureddine Aberdine	....	first assistant director
Lofti Aït Jaoui	....	assistant director
Dominique Carrara	....	second unit director
Romain Cros	....	assistant director trainee
Rachid Doha	....	assistant director
Mustapha Grumij	....	third assistant director
Abdellatif Jarna	....	assistant director
Amine Lamriki	....	assistant director
Cyril Pavaux	....	second assistant director
Michael Viger	....	first assistant director

Département Art
Touria Bemali	....	art department administrator: Morocco (as Touria Benali)
Dominique Carrara	....	storyboard artist
Fabio Carussi	....	construction coordinator
Alain Delgrange	....	assistant production designer
Hind Ghazali	....	set dresser: Morocco
Fred Glon	....	builder
Karim Haffad	....	property master: Morocco
Bernard Warnas	....	property master
Halima Zniber	....	art coordinator: Morocco (as Helma Zniber)

Technicien du son
Germain Boulay	....	sound editor
Germain Boulay	....	supervising sound editor
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Antoine Deflandre	....	sound
Nicolas d'Halluin	....	sound recordist
Ludovic Flamand	....	trainee sound editor
Daniel Gries	....	assistant foley artist
Jean-Christophe Julé	....	foley recordist
Marion Lorthioir	....	post-synchronization
Frédéric Mascaras	....	assistant sound
Pierre Picq	....	post-synchronization boom operator
Serge Rouquairol	....	assistant sound editor
Marie-Chantal Tesche	....	sound detection (as Chantal Tesche)
Eric Tisserand	....	sound mixer
Amine Zakaria	....	assistant sound

Effets spéciaux
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects coordinator
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Pascal Fauvelle	....	special effects technician
Sara Helminger	....	special effects technician
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects
Philippe Aubry	....	lead Flame artist
Philippe Aubry	....	visual effects supervisor: def2shoot
Lucie Bories	....	digital compositor
Laurent Brett	....	digital compositor
Laurent Brett	....	title designer
Stephanie Broussaud	....	Lustre assistant
Seb Caudron	....	visual effects supervisor: def2shoot
Jimmy Cavé	....	computer graphics artist
Nicolas Daniel	....	Lustre assistant
François Dupuy	....	digital intermediate technical director
Amélie Guyot	....	matchmover
Élodie Ichter	....	Lustre assistant
Alex Jadfard	....	digital compositor
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	technical manager
Yann Larochette	....	digital compositor
Arnaud Leviez	....	computer graphics supervisor
Arnaud Leviez	....	digital compositor
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Tim Mendler	....	movematcher
Vion Nicolas	....	digital effects artist
Charlotte Quemy	....	retouch and restoration

Cascadeur
Taieb Ajedig	....	stunts (as Taïeb Ageddig)
Yassin Aouiss	....	stunts
Mjidel Ghachi	....	stunts
Issam Ghezouli	....	stunts
Rodolphe Gonckel	....	stunts
Aziza Nadir	....	stunts
Cedric Proust	....	stunts
Joel Proust	....	stunt coordinator
Hicham Rhoum	....	stunts
Hanan Rida	....	stunts
Siham Rida	....	stunts
Florian Robin	....	stunts

Caméra et Département Electrique
Valerio Azzali	....	focus puller: second unit
Adil Benmohamed	....	assistant camera
Matteo Carlesimo	....	Steadicam operator
Matteo Carlesimo	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Hassan Chrij	....	grip
Ludovic Colbeau-Justin	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Lelio Copponi	....	assistant camera
Antoni Dimundu	....	grip
Brahim El Mazghi	....	gaffer (as Brahim Mazghi)
Sergio Faina	....	key grip
Doriano Forti	....	best boy grip
Thibault Grabherr	....	still photographer
Marco Graziaplena	....	focus puller
Redouane Lagtaa	....	grip
Massimiliano Lanciotti	....	grip
Djmilah Mohcine	....	gaffer (as Mohcine Jmila)
Yassine Nabague	....	gaffer
Massimiliano Sardini	....	electrician
Renato Sardini	....	electrician

Département Casting
Noureddine Aberdine	....	casting: Morocco
Laure Cochener	....	casting assistant
Elodie Demey	....	casting assistant
Saad Fekhari	....	extras casting: Morocco
Mustapha Grumij	....	extras casting: Morocco

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Nadia Aouach	....	costume assistant
Emma Bellocq	....	head wardrobe: Morocco
Abderrahim Benkhayi	....	costume assistant
Abdeliah Bidari	....	costume assistant (as Abdelillah Bedari)
Ghizlaine Boufersi	....	costume assistant
Mohammed Boukhouima	....	costumer: Morocco (as Si Mohamed Boukhouima)
Houssine El Behja	....	costume assistant
Frédéric Llinares	....	costumer
Khadija Rahli	....	trainee costumer: Morocco
Clémentine Rousselot	....	trainee costumer

Dpartement Editorial
Valentin Durning	....	assistant editor
Florence Jacquet	....	assistant editor
Catherine Jézéquel	....	assistant editor
Aurélie Laumont	....	color timer
Charlotte Mazzinghi	....	digital color grader
Juliette Urbain	....	assistant editor
Coralie Van Rietschoten	....	assistant editor

Divers
Gilbert Bellocq	....	production administrator: Morocco
Coralie Cournil	....	production assistant
Natacha Drion	....	production secretary
Bertrant Gagey	....	assistant script supervisor: Morocco (as Bertrand Gagey)
Mona Houd	....	production assistant: Morocco
Cathy Kerbrat	....	production secretary
Samuel Massamba	....	making-of director
Julien Sabourdin	....	production controller
Valentine Traclet	....	script supervisor

Companies de production

• Les Films du Kiosque
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• SND (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Cofimage 18 (support)
• Banque Populaire Images 7 (support)
• Uni Etoile 4 (support)

Distributeurs

• Contender Entertainment Group (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Outsider Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Twin Co. Ltd. (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Focus Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Koch Media (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• SND (2007) (France) (all media)
• Seven Films (2008) (Greece) (all media)

Autres Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system

Autre(s) titre(s):

Intimate Enemies (Canada: English title)

Durée:

111 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français | Arabe | Kabyle

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

South Korea:15 (TV rating) | Germany:16 | UK:15 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16

Lieux de tournage:

Morocco

Société:

Les Films du Kiosque

Connexions:

version de "L'ennemi intime" (2002)

Bande son:

Le cha cha cha du loup

Missing in inaction

L'Ennemi Intime is simply a non-movie. What does it take to dish out such an unidentifiable cinematographic object? Producer blindness, too proud to see the vacuum in the project, too proud to have it challenged by some trustworthy colleague.

L'Ennemi Intime first (digital) shot sets it all : it is not linked with the beginning of narration and the only purpose is to have the movie title pompously emerge from the horizon. Let's forget it. What's the story? A French platoon is stuck in the middle of The Undeclared War in Algeria. It's not really that they are stuck but there's a sensation they're alone to fight an (oh so) absurd war. Actually they are the French colonial power struggling against the ever elusive rebel forces who will fight to death for their freedom, for Algerian independence.

The subtext is clear if you know this part of History, yet the political aspect is buried under the makeshift of a script, I mean the episodic screenplay... well, let's say it more bluntly: the treatment in pictures.

Would you believe the storyline is only made of a series of missions that are loosely connected (fight the rebels round the corner)? What else? Nothing. The pitched opposition between the idealistically young Lieutenant and the experienced tough Sergeant is not an opposition, only an easy-going working relationship. Lieutenant Terrien (Magimel) is a bland character with no character arc whatsoever, Sergeant Dougnac (Dupontel) is basically more interesting but nothing interesting happens to him after the opening sequence before Terrien is brought in to helm the bunch.

Except for a couple of French-Algerian characters there's almost nobody to root for. The absence of story is all the more palpable as locations are great and the cinematography is excellent. In the end there's a gigantic gap between the graphical aspirations of the director and the inaction imposed over by the script.

Obviously the idea was to team up a promising director (Siri) who would deliver the images and a documentary screenwriter (Rotman) who would deliver the contents (historical and controversial yet accurate). The problem is Siri is light on screen-writing and only understands action while Rotman is overwhelmed by his historical knowledge and doesn't know how to write fiction (i.e. loosen the ties of historical accuracy to tell an engaging story featuring interesting fictional characters).

BOTTOM LINE. Cinematography and locations: excellent. All the rest is not worth watching.