TORONTO, Sept 10 — Four years after he lit up the Croisette in Cannes with his debut feature film Les Miserables, Ladj Ly is back with a new searing and very personal take on...
TORONTO, Sept 10 — Four years after he lit up the Croisette in Cannes with his debut feature film, Ladj Ly is back with a new searing and very personal take on life in the gritty Paris suburbs.— which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival — tackles the growing housing crisis in those areas against a backdrop of racial tensions, poverty, prejudice and police overreach.
“There are various issues — people being turned out of their homes, gentrification too. There are lots of people who were forced out, only to be placed in neighbourhoods that are in even worse shape, or farther away,” he said. The tension escalates palpably, after a tragic fire in an illegal restaurant prompts the new mayor to clear the entire building.
“When I was called to the set, and I found the coffin in the middle of the room, it’s true, it wasn’t obvious how to proceed,” she explained. “I didn’t think it would affect me to that extent. I took five minutes to pull myself together.”, which debuted to acclaim at the Cannes film festival in 2019, winning the Jury Prize. It took home four Cesars, France’s answer to the Oscars, including best film, and earned an Oscar nomination., reunited with Ly for the new film.
But when he empties the building following the fire in the illegal apartment restaurant, giving residents just minutes to pack their belongings for an uncertain future, all hell breaks loose.
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