Le Gang des Bois du Temple

The Temple Woods Gang
Three men are taking a walk between the apartment blocks of a suburban housing estate, feeding pigeons. They belong to a gang of small-time crooks who pulled off a major coup during the armed robbery of a Saudi Arabian prince’s car. Their conversation revolves around acquiring a bionic prosthetic hand, a long-cherished dream that the stolen money can make a reality. They don’t yet know that they are being pursued. The tranquillity of the scene stands in stark contrast to the later shootout with cold-blooded killers and establishes a space beyond the genre conventions of the classic gangster film – as does the stunning performance of a chanson by Breton singer Annkrist at a funeral service at the beginning of the film. The prince’s ecstatic dance to raï music in a nightclub, during which his bodyguard fails to notice that he’s being watched, also forms part of this poetics of digression. At the end, when a neighbour who is friends with the gang looks out from his balcony at children and pigeons playing, while the verticals of the banlieue architecture glow in the autumn light, everything is peaceful again.
by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
with Régis Laroche, Philippe Petit, Marie Loustalot, Kenji Meunier, Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche
France 2022 French,  English,  Subtitles: English 112’ Colour International premiere

With

  • Régis Laroche
  • Philippe Petit
  • Marie Loustalot
  • Kenji Meunier
  • Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche
  • Kamel Mezdour
  • Nassim Zazoui
  • Lucius Barre
  • Mohamed Aroussi
  • Slimane Dazi

Crew

DirectorRabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
ScreenplayRabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
CinematographyPierre-Hubert Martin
EditingGrégoire Pontecaille
MusicAnnkrist, Sofiane Saïdi
Sound DesignNikolas Javelle
SoundBruno Auzet
Production DesignMohamed Aroussi
CostumesJulia Fouroux
Make-UpMarine Soulie
Production ManagerSarah Sobol
ProducerRabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Executive ProducerRabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

Produced by

Sarrazink Productions

Montreuil, France

World Sales

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

Born in Beni-Zid, Algeria in 1966, he studied sociology in France. In 1999 he founded his own film production company Sarrazink Productions. In 2001 he made his first feature film, Wesh wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe? (Berlinale Forum 2002). Histoire de Judas was shown at the Berlinale Forum in 2015.

Filmography

2001 Wesh wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe? (Wesh Wesh, What's Going on?); 83 min. 2006 Bled Number One (Back Home); 100 min. 2008 Dernier maquis (Adhen); 93 min. 2012 Les chants de Mandrin (Smuggler's Songs); 97 min. 2015 Histoire de Judas (The Story of Judas); 99 min. 2019 Terminal Sud (Headed South); 96 min. 2022 Le Gang des Bois du Temple (The Temple Woods Gang); 112 min.

Dates

Sun Feb 19 12:00

Delphi Filmpalast

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Mon Feb 20 19:00

Cubix 7

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Wed Feb 22 19:30

Akademie der Künste

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Sun Feb 26 22:00

Zoo Palast 2

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