Amin, a suburbian smooth-talking lookout, uses his amazing voice to warn the local dealers everytime the cops show up in their neighborhood. One day, Isabelle, an opera director in Paris, gives him the opportunity to join her company.

A film by Yassine RAMDANI, Elsie OLAREWAJU OTINWA, Eloïse MONMIREL, Florence FAUQUET, Ismail ALAOUI FDILI, Ming Fai SHAM LOURENÇO, Laïlani RIDJALI

starring Jeanne BALIBAR, Adil DEHBI, Bakary Diombera, Abdallah Charki, Rayanne Behili, Maryam Makosso, Florence Fauquet

France, 2020, short narrative, 15 min, drama

Student film (KOURTRAJMÉ Film School, France)
First film

ORIGINAL TITLE: JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE ("HAPPY BIRTHDAY)
LANGUAGE: French
CATEGORY: Fiction
GENRES: Drama, Youth, Social
SHOT IN: Digital
CONTACT: Charlotte ROCHON
PRODUCTION Juin 2021

DIRECTORS
Ismail ALAOUI FDILI,
Florence FAUQUET,
Eloïse MONMIREL,
Elsie OLAREWAJU OTINWA,
Yassine RAMDANI,
Ming Fai SHAM LOURENÇO
Laïlani RIDJALI

SCREENWRITER
Yassine LASSAR RAMDANI

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Noé MERCKLE

MUSIC
Arthur SAJAS

SOUND
Tristan LHOMME

CAST
Adil DEHBI............ (Amin)
Jeanne BALIBAR............ (Isabelle)
Bakary DIOMBERA............ (Maliki)
Abdallah CHARKI............ (Socrate)
Rayan BEHILIL (OU Rayanne Behili)............ (Yanis)
Maryam MAKOSSO............ (Fatou)
Florence FAUQUET............ (Journalist)

PRODUCTION :
Les Films Pellèas,
Kourtrajmé,
Opéra National de Paris,
CC&C

CONTACT
Charlotte ROCHON, Administrator
(KOURTRAJMÉ Film School)
Clichy-sous-Bois (France)
www.ecolekourtrajme.com

CONTACT
Amadou Ly, Producer
LYLY FILMS
11 Rue Utrillo
93370 MONTFERMEIL, France

2024 | Clermont-Ferrand short-film Festival
*SELECTION

2021 | Trouville Off-Courts Festival (France, 2021)
* Selection: Programmes spéciaux

2021 | Grenoble Festival du Film court en Plein air (France, 2021)
* Selection: Compétition officielle (Program - En avant jeunesse)
www.cinemathequedegrenoble.fr/festival/programmation-2021/plein-air-en-avant-jeunesse/

2021 | Cannes Film Festival - ShortCorner (France, 2021)
* Selection : KOURTRAJMÉ LOCKS YOU OUT
* World Premiere (Première Mondiale)
https://catalogue.cannescourtmetrage.com/fiche.aspx?id=faaeAXFRIIk%3d