UNDER THE STARS OF PARIS
by Claus Drexel
Synopsis: Christine’s life has not been easy lately. Her lonely routine is divided between free food banks distributions and wandering the streets. On a cold winter night she finds Suli, an 8-year-old Burkinabé boy, sobbing in front of her shelter. Christine understands that he is lost and has been separated from his mother. Bounded by their marginal condition, they embark together on an emotional journey to find Suli’s mother in the underground world of Paris…
Cast: Catherine Frot, Mahamadou Yaffa, Dominique Frot.
2020 / Drama / France / 93 min / French / Completed
Produced by Arches Film (Django, Timbuktu, Haute Cuisine) and Maneki Films (Girls of the Sun, Paulina).
By the director of the acclaimed documentaries On The Edges Of The World and America / By the editor of Sink or Swim / By the production designer of The Women on the 6th Floor / By the production manager of Girls of the Sun and Victoria / French release by Diaphana Distribution
“Under the Stars of Paris is a funny and terrifying journey through Paris”
— Le Figaro
“A social tale restoring dignity to crushed beings and reasons for hope”
— Télérama
“It is through the alternation of tone, between tale and realism, that this fiction finds its originality”
— Positif
“Claus Drexel delivers a profoundly human and poetic urban tale that touches the heart. Catherine Frot is deeply moving as a homeless person who gradually regains her humanity”
— Télé Loisirs
