Seventeen-year-old Sonia nearly carried out something irreparable in order to "guarantee" her family a place in paradise. Sixteen-year-old Mélanie lives with her mother, loves school and her girlfriends, plays the cello and wants to change the world.
She falls in love with a "prince" over the internet. They could be called Anaïs, Manon, Leila, or Clara, and like them, could one day find themselves heading down the road to indoctrination... Will they be able to return from it?

Heaven Will Wait

A Feature film by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

France, 2016, Fiction, 1h40 mins, Drama

Stars: Noémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Sandrine Bonnaire

Type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Production language : French
Production country : France
Nationality : French (France)
Production year : 2016
French release : 05/10/2016
Runtime : 1 h 40 min
Visa number : 143.380
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Audio format : Dolby 5.1

Plot Keywords
jihad
religion
indoctrination
cello
teenager
jihadist
media manipulation
conversion to islam
islamism
niqab
conspiracy theory
troubled youth
france
voice over
female full frontal nudity
rear nudity
bare breasts
female nudity
classroom
youtube video
old woman
hospital
parents daughter relationship
playing cello
police
brainwashing
teenage girl
no opening credits
in medias res


Executive Producer: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Line Producer: Philippe Saal

Director:
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Screenwriters :
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Emilie Frèche

Sound recordists :
Dominique Levert, Nikolas Javelle, Armelle Mahé

Director of photography :
Myriam Vinocour

Production Manager :
Philippe Saal

Editor :
Benoît Quinon

Continuity supervisor :
Joëlle Hersant

Casting :
Marie-France Michel, Christophe Istier

Sound mixer :
Armelle Mahé

Assistant director :
Zazie Carcedo

Press Attaché:
Michèle Sebbag

Sound Editor :
Nikolas Javelle

Production Designer :
Valérie Faynot

Costume designer :
Virginie Alba

Location Manager :
Vincent Piant

Cast (in credits order)
Noémie Merlant... Sonia Bouzaria
Naomi Amarger... Mélanie Thenot
Sandrine Bonnaire... Catherine Bouzaria
Clotilde Courau... Sylvie
Zinedine Soualem... Samir Bouzaria
Yvan Attal... Yvan, le père de Mélanie
Ariane Ascaride... La juge
Bruno Garcia... Homme groupe parents
Marine Béliard... Femme groupe parents
Samia Sassi... Femme groupe parents
Manu Rui Silva... Homme groupe parents
Karine Dogliani... Femme groupe parents
Valérie de Monza... Femme groupe parents
Bouzid Ghezali... Femme groupe parents
Dounia Bouzar... Dounia Bouzar, dans son propre rôle
Agnès Regolo... La tante de Sonia
Mourad Frarema... L'homme DGSI
Maya Bogdanovic... La violoncelliste
Yamina Meghraoui... Employée salon de coiffure
Souad Arsane... Souad
Camille Aguilar... Pauline
Margaux Fabre... Copine Mélanie
Manon Tournier... Copine Mélanie
Arauna Bernheim-Dennery... Emilie
Jeanne Cellard... La grand-mère de Mélanie
Emmanuelle Bougerol... L'infirmière
Anne Anglès... La prof d'histoire
Foad El Bahty... Foad el Bahty, dans son propre rôle
Sylvie Turowski... La prof de français
Robin Clive... Copain
Stéphane Bak... Copain
Sofia Lesaffre... Jamila
Stéphane Dubet... Journaliste
Hélène Stadnicki... Auxiliaire de police Aix
Léo Poulet... L'éducateur
Violette Barratier... Groupe jeunes filles
Lauriane Riquet... Groupe jeunes filles
Elisa Noyez... Groupe jeunes filles
Sandra Codrean... Groupe jeunes filles (as Sanda Codreanu)
Lauréna Thellier... Groupe jeunes filles
Najaa Bensaid... Groupe jeunes filles
Xavier Maly... Le directeur de cabinet
Akim Mebtouch... Abou Hussein
Lila Makhlouf... Une soeur au volant
Catherine Artigala... Madame Chedru
Jean-Christophe Brétigniere... (scenes deleted)
Nathalie Dodivers... (scenes deleted)
Morgane Enselme... Soeur Sonia
Anthony-William Koka... (scenes deleted)
Virginie Lalon... (scenes deleted)
Jassem Mougari... (scenes deleted)
Shawna Municchi


Produced by Willow Films

Executive Production: Willow Films

Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont

Co-productions :
UGC Images, France 2 Cinéma

French distribution :
UGC Distribution (ex International)

International releases
Austria: Thimfilm GMBH \ 24/03/2017
Belgium: Cinéart \ 02/11/2016
Colombia: Cineplex \ 06/04/2017
COSTA RICA: Romaly \ 27/07/2017
French-speaking Switzerland: Agora Films Suisse \ 05/10/2016

Release in France : 05/10/2016