Zim and Co. is a 2005 French film directed by Pierre Jolivet.
It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, the first time a film by Jolivet had been selected. The film won the Grand Prize of the third Festival of European Film in Ljubljana (2008), organized by EUNIC (the European Union of National Institutes for Culture).Zim and Co. at Cineuropa, accessed 4 January 2023. Adrien Jolivet (son of the director), in his first film, who also co-composed the soundtrack, was nominated for the César Meilleur Espoir Masculin (Most Promising Newcomer) in 2006.Official César website entry for Adrien Jolivet accessed 4 January 2023.
Jolivet described the themes of the film as "those who young people living in suburbs deal with: employment problems, prejudices, racism, violence, lack of sympathy, shady dealings and repression but above all friendship and perseverance".Cannes 2005 Un Certain Regard - Zim and Co : a sharp and coloured film, by Marie-France Dupagne Cineuropa website, accessed 23 May 2023. In order to grasp the daily reality of today’s young people, Pierre Jolivet gave an early version of the screenplay to Adrien and his friend Yannick Nasso, two of the main characters of the film to verifty how authentic it was.
Plot Following an accident where he crashes his motorbike into a car, 20-year-old Zim is arrested; the judge agrees to allow him to avoid jail, if he finds a proper job within a month. The only job he finds, requires a car and driving licence and he has neither. His friends rally to help him out.
Cast Adrien Jolivet - Victor Zimbietrovski, called Zim Mhamed Arezki - Cheb Yannick Nasso - Arthur Naidra Ayadi - Safia Nathalie Richard - Zim's mother Nicolas Marié - M. Rangin Maka Kotto - Père Arthur Abbes Zahmani - Nourdine Jean-Philippe Vidal - Pascal Guilaine Londez - The judge Vincent Grass - The teacher Michelle Goddet - The mother of Cheb Nada Strancar - Madame Merceron Wilfried Romoli - Will Jean-Claude Frissung - The old worker Pierre Diot - Sport-In head of personnel
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