The November film, about the 2015 attacks in Paris, was very well received in Cannes

Then North ferrypresented at Cannes in 2021, to the Marseille police, and The FrenchCédric Jimenez is re -inspired by the real facts for Novemberwith new immersion in law enforcement.

The story begins on November 13, 2015 at the headquarters of the anti-terrorist sub-directorate of the French judicial police, near Paris, when a dozen phones start ringing at once.

That night, in just a few hours, jihadist commandos killed 130 people and injured 350 in Paris and in the suburbs, near the Stade de France, on terraces in the capital and in the Bataclan performance hall.

The story of the search for terrorists

In Cédric Jimenez’s film, the work of the police is highlighted. Under the command of Héloïse played by Sandrine Kiberlain and Fred (Jean Dujardin), the team begins a todo-todo hunt, in France, Morocco, and on the Internet, to get their hands on the terrorists.

Within five days, the results hoped for by the whole of France were long overdue: the police were battling clashes of fatigue, anger and the accumulation of false leads. A testimony from a friend of the person living among the Islamists will eventually prove decisive.

We went out to watch the film deaf and blinded after the scene of the last attack, with a flood of weapons and fire, on the apartment in Saint-Denis where the terrorists were detained.

At the end of the screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the film crew, who were present, were applauded by the very long standing audience.

In 2021, BAC Northwhich returned to accusations of corruption in the Marseille police, became a huge success in cinemas, but caused controversy, when it was used by a police union as well as right-wing and most right-wing politicians to justify their security concerns, the resentment of Cédric Jimenez.

Another feature film screened at Cannes focuses on the tragedy on November 13, 2015, See Paris againby Alice Winocour, who adopted the view of the survivors.