Thirty-something Mehdi is a safecracker. He and his mates are just trying to get by, but robbery isn't paying like it used to. Day to day Mehdi tries to be a good son to his mother, and a good father to his one-year-old son to win back his ex, Sarah.

A film by Yassine QNIA

starring Jamil Mc Craven, M'Barek Belkouk, Soufiane Guerrab, Souheila Yacoub, Tassadit Mandi, Thibault Cathalifaud

France, 2021, Fiction, 1h27, comedy drama

Original Title: DE BAS ÉTAGE
International title (English Title): A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
Country: France, Qatar
Year: 2021
Type: Narrative, feature
Duration: 87 minutes
Genre: comedy drama
Producer: Pascal Caucheteux

DIRECTOR: Yassine Qnia
Screenwriter: Yassine Qnia, in collaboration with Rosa Attab
Director of photography: Ernesto Giolitti
Sound: Stéphane Gessat, Benoît Gargonne, Paul Jousselin, Johann Nallet Film Editing: Alexandre Westphal
Costumes designer: Élisa Ingrassia
Production Design: Rabeir Ourak

Production: Why Not Productions (FR)
Coproduction: Alba Pictures (France), Doha Film Institute (Qatar)
Backing: CNC (FR), Gan Foundation (FR)

Sales agent: Wild Bunch International
Distribution (France): Le Pacte


2021 / 53rd DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT (LA QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS) - 74th Cannes Film Festival 2021
* World Premiere
* Nominee: CAMÉRA D'OR (Best First Feature Award)
* Screening: Thursday 15 July, 17h30, Théâtre Croisette
* Screening: Friday 16 July, 16h30, Le Raimu
* Screening: Friday 16 July, 21h00, Studio 13
www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/film/de-bas-etage/