Les Chevaliers blancs (2016)
Directed by Joachim Lafosse

Drama
aka: The White Knights

Film Synopsis

Jacques Arnault, the president of the non-governmental organisation Move For Kids, has come up with a wheeze to help families desperate to a adopt a child.  He intends setting up an adoption programme for orphans in war-torn African countries.  Assisted by a team of dedicated volunteers, he sets about finding three hundred young children and bringing them back to France.  To this end, he persuades the leaders of an African village that he intends to found an orphanage where the young victims of war will be looked after, keeping to himself his real motives...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Joachim Lafosse
  • Script: Zélia Abadie, Jérôme Beaujour, Thomas Bidegain, Geoffroy d'Ursel (book), Bulle Decarpentries, Joachim Lafosse, François-Xavier Pinte (book), Thomas van Zuylen
  • Cinematographer: Jean-François Hensgens
  • Cast: Vincent Lindon (Jacques Arnault), Louise Bourgoin (Laura Turine), Valérie Donzelli (Françoise Dubois), Reda Kateb (Xavier Libert), Stéphane Bissot (Marie Latour), Raphaëlle Lubansu (Nathalie Joris), Jean-Henri Compère (Roland Duchâteau), Philippe Rebbot (Luc Debroux), Yannick Renier (Chris Laurent), Tatiana Rojo (Christine Momboza), Catherine Salée (Sophie Tinlot), Luc Van Gunderbeeck (Yves Meynard), Bintou Rimtobaye (Bintou), Nahar Salah Abakar (Hassan), Ahmad Majoubi (Chef Olafi), Cheikh Ndiaye (Chef Souleiman), Mohamed Kachla (Directeur aéroport), Tibo Vandenborre (Peter Demineur), Filip Peeters (Lieutenant Reykart), Alain Eloy (Lieutenant Liénart)
  • Country: Belgium / France
  • Language: French / English / Arabic
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 112 min
  • Aka: The White Knights

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