SYNOPSIS

After being evicted from their squat, Nina and Djoul hit the road in their old truck, heading towards a new horizon full of adventures, troubles, encounters and joyful subversions.

Original Title: Fainéant.e.s Country: France Ratio: 2.39 Sound: 5.1 Length: 106 min Language: French

BIOGRAPHY

Karim Dridi made his first short films as a child. It was Zoé la boxeuse, presented in several festivals, including the Grenoble short film festival, where it won a prize, that made him stand out.
In 1995, he directed his first two feature films, Pigalle, in competition at the Venice Film Festival and Bye-Bye, selected in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes and awarded the Prix de la Jeunesse.
He made a documentary on Johannesburg, Impression d'Afrique... du Sud, in 1996 and another on Ken Loach the following year. He shot Cuba Feliz, a musical road movie selected at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. In 2003, he shot Fureur, selected at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2007, he directed and produced Khamsa, selected at Locarno.
He directed Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet in The Last Flight shot in the Sahara desert in 2009. In 2013, he directed and produced the documentary Galilee Quartet, which won first prize at Medimed, the Mediterranean documentary market in Sitges, in 2014.
His latest feature film Chouf, shot during the summer of 2015 in the northern districts of Marseille, was released in October 2016. It was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY

Lazy Girls - 2023

Revivre - 2023

Hakawati - 2019

Quatuor Galilee - 2014

Chouf - 2016

Le Dernier Vol - 2009

Khamsa - 2008

Gris Blanc - 2005 - Telefilm

Fureur - 2002

Cuba Feliz - 1999-2000

Hors Jeu - 1997-1998

Citizen Ken (Ken Loack) - 1996

Impressions d’Afrique du Sud - 1996 - Short Film

Bye-bye - 1995

Pigalle - 1993-1994

Le Boxeur Endormi - 1992-1993 - Short Film

CREW

Director: Karim Dridi Screenwriters: Karim Dridi, Emma Soisson DOP: Aurélien Py, Benjamin Ramalho, Jean-Yves Ricci Editors: Paul Pirritano Sound: Tom Allibert-Bardoux, Jean-Noël Yven Production: Mirak Films (Emma Soisson), Les Films du Veyrier (Jean Bréhat) World Sales: Luxbox

CAST

Faddo Jullian, .jU, Odette Simonneau, Lucas Viudez, Bernard Llopis

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

ÉCRANS MIXTES MASTERCARD - Compétition internationale - Grand Prix - 2024

KARIM DRIDI

Director