Clement Cogitore’s ‘Sons Of Ramses’: Watch First Clip From Cannes Critics’ Week Selection (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Clement Cogitore’s “Sons Of Ramses” (“Goutte d’Or”) will have its world premiere in Cannes as a special screening in the Critics’ Week strand of the festival.
The film follows Ramses, a skilful clairvoyant in the multicultural Parisian district of La Goutte d’Or. When a gang of fearless kids start terrorizing the locals, the balance of his thriving business and of the whole neighborhood is disturbed.
Until one day, when Ramses has a real vision. The cast includes Karim Leklou (“The World is Yours”), Malik Zidi (“Oxygen”), Elsa Wolliaston (“Victoria”), Jawad Outouia, Elyes Dkhissi, Yilin Yang (“Three Times Nothing”) and Loubna Abidar (“Much Loved”).After studying at Le Fresnoy (France’s National Studio for Contemporary Arts), Cogitore developed his artistic practice between the spaces of cinema and contemporary art.
In 2015, his first feature film, “The Wakhan Front” was selected at the Cannes Critics’ Week, where it won the Gan Foundation Award that supports distribution.
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