Fahim (film)

2019 French film

Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Thibault Vanhulle
Philippe Elno

Based on

Un roi clandestin
by

Fahim Mohammad
Xavier Parmentier
Sophie Le Callennec

Produced byPatrick GodeauStarring

Assad Ahmed
Gérard Depardieu
Mizanur Rahaman
Isabelle Nanty

CinematographyRégis BlondeauEdited byReynald BertrandMusic byPascal Lengagne

Production
companies

Waiting For Cinema
Wild Bunch
Alicéléo
France 3 Cinéma
CN8 Productions
Delta Cinéma
Fruit d'Hommes Productions

Distributed byWild Bunch Distribution

Release dates

23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) (Angoulême)
16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) (France)

Running time

107 minutesCountryFranceLanguages

French
Bengali

Fahim is a 2019 French biographical comedy drama film directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval. It is based on the autobiographical book by Fahim Mohammad, Xavier Parmentier and Sophie Le Callennec.^[1]^[2] The film stars Assad Ahmed, Gérard Depardieu, Mizanur Rahaman and Isabelle Nanty.

Cast

Assad Ahmed as Fahim Mohammad
Gérard Depardieu as Sylvain Charpentier
Mizanur Rahaman as Nura
Isabelle Nanty as Mathilde
Sarah Touffic Othman-Schmitt as Luna
Victor Herroux as Louis
Tiago Toubi as Max
Alexandre Naud as Alex
Pierre Gommé as Eliot
Axel Keravec as Dufard
Didier Flamand as Fressin
Pierre-François Martin-Laval as Peroni
Sabrina Uddin as Mahamuda

Release

It had its premiere at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on August 23, 2019. It was released in France by Wild Bunch Distribution on October 16, 2019.

References

^ Hoque, Johny (June 13, 2019). "French film on Bangladeshi chess champion to be released in October". Dhaka Tribune.
^ Balle, Catherine (October 15, 2019). ""Fahim" : un biopic qui met échec et mat". Le Parisien. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.