Jimmy Rivière is a 2011 French drama film directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste in his feature directorial debut.
Plot Jimmy Rivière is passionate about Muay Thai. He seeks a possible life where he could reconcile his faith and his love for Sonia, a young Muslim girl, also in love with him. But Jimmy is also a nervous young gypsy in search of ideal and plagued by doubts, who lives in his loosely truck fitted a bed, not far from his family of caravans : his mother and "sister love" married without love. His conversion to Pentecostalism, a very assertive and fundamental branch in Protestantism led him to question himself on his two passions : boxing and Sonia. Indeed, Pentecostals believe that to become a better man, they must renounce to violence and desire. Under pressure from the community, Jimmy applies but is struggling to put in agreement his will and acts. Gina, his boxing coach keeps reminding him that he would find battles to fight and tries to make him back to his sporting passion.
Cast
Guillaume Gouix as Jimmy Rivière Béatrice Dalle as Gina Hafsia Herzi as Sonia Serge Riaboukine as José Pamela Flores as Becka Jacky Patrac as Ezechiel Canaan Marguerite as Mario Nadia Desposito as Thérèse Kévin Debar as Kevin David Ribeiro as Isaac Fanny Touron as Nessie Abdoulaye Fofana as Alfa Diallo Eye Haïdara as Fatim Paul Andrei as Rocky Djessé Metbach as John Marvin Hospice as Nino Clément Chevalier-Bousquet as Clément Mayli Flores as Cristal Marjorie Jalet as Marjorie Stéphanie Lussi as Stéphanie Jacques Fieschi as The Prefect
Accolades Year Award Category Recipient Result 2011 Angers Premiers Plans Film Festival Audience Award - Best French Feature FilmTeddy Lussi-Modeste Louis Delluc Prize Best Debut Film 2012 César Awards César Award for Most Promising ActorGuillaume Gouix Lumière Awards Lumière Award for Most Promising Actor
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