Ne m'abandonne pas

Ne m'abandonne pas (French for Don't Leave Me) is a French TV movie directed by Xavier Durringer, which was broadcast on 3 February 2016 on France 2. The film deals with the topic of young French Muslims who are radicalized and encouraged to go to Syria to join the civil war.

Ne m'abandonne pas
Genre	Drama
Screenplay by	Françoise Charpiat Aude Marcle
Directed by	Xavier Durringer
Starring	Lina El Arabi Samia Sassi Sami Bouajila Marc Lavoine
Theme music composer	Nicolas Errèra
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
Production
Producer	Joëy Faré
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Scarlett productions
Original release
Network	France 2
Release	3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)

Synopsis

A French woman experiences her worst nightmare when she discovers that her 17-year-old daughter has been radicalized and plans to travel to Syria to meet her new husband, a jihadist she met online. In order to prevent this, the mother decides to completely isolate her daughter.

Cast

• Lina El Arabi as Chama
• Samia Sassi as Inès, Chama's mother
• Sami Bouajila as Sami, Chama's father
• Marc Lavoine as Adrien, Louis' father
• Léo Legrand as Louis, Chama's boyfriend, who is fighting in Syria
• Tassadit Mandi as Chama's grandmother
• Sofia Lesaffre as Yasmina, Chama's best friend
• Louise Szpindel as Manon, an ex-convert back from Syria
• Virgile M'Fouilou as Lieutenant Logley
• Meriem Serbah as Nora
• Bachir Tliti as Benjamin
• Évelyne El Garby Klaï as Djemila, Sami's companion
• Théo Taggueb as Noam, Chams's half-brother
• Zoé Daddi-Bourcy as Louisa, Chama's half-sister
• Clara Pirali as Carole
• Nadir Louatib as Omar, a friend of Louis
• Louis-Marie Audubert as the postman

Awards and recognition

Wins

• 2017 International Emmy Awards: Best TV Movie/Miniseries
• 2017 Monte Carlo TV Festival: Best Long Fiction Program
• 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actress for Samia Sassi
• 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best TV Movie

Nominations

• Monte Carlo TV Festival 2017: Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries for Marc Lavoine

Legacy

A petition was launched in 2016 to request the broadcast of the film in all French high schools. Addressed to Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the French Minister of National Education, the petition succeeded in reaching its objective of 43,172 signatures, and the Minister responded favourably to the project.

External links

• Ne m'abandonne pas at IMDb