''Three Dancing Slaves'' (French: ''Le Clan'') is a 2004 French film directed by
Gaël Morel
Gaël Morel (born 25 September 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career
Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône (department), Rhône, France, a town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon. He grew up in th ...
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Plot
Annecy
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is no tourist destination for three working-class brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc (Nicolas Cazalé) is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe (Stéphane Rideau) is released from jail, lands a job, and must overcome various temptations in order to keep it. Olivier (Thomas Dumerchez), nearing 18, may be falling in love with Hicham (Salim Kechiouche), a young man who regularly practises
capoeira
Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, capoeira music, music, and spirituality.
It likely originated from enslaved Mbundu people, of the Kingdom of Ndongo, in present-day Angola. The ...
on the shores of the lake. Both violence and fraternity are close to the surface of most interactions. How each brother emerges from his challenge comprises the film's drama. The film discusses how these men can form a family.
Cast
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Nicolas Cazalé as Marc
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Stéphane Rideau
Stéphane Rideau (born 25 July 1976) is a French actor. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a rugby game and then auditioned for a role in the film ''Les Roseaux sauvages'' (''Wild Reeds'') by André Téc ...
as Christophe
* as Olivier
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Salim Kechiouche
Salim Kechiouche (born 2 April 1979) is a French actor.
Early life
Kechiouche was born to Algerian parents in Lyon, France. At the age of 15, he was discovered by French actor and director Gaël Morel. Morel gave him his first role in a featu ...
as Hicham
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Bruno Lochet
Bruno Lochet (born 18 October 1959) is a French actor. He is best known for playing in the cult TV series '' Les Deschiens'' (1993–2002), in which he played alongside Yolande Moreau.
Theater
Filmography
Cinema
Television
Refe ...
as the father
* as "Professeur"
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Jackie Berroyer
Jackie Berroyer (born 24 May 1946) is a French actor, comedian and writer.
Filmography
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
French male film actors
French male television actors
20th ...
as Robert
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Aure Atika
Aure Atika (born 12 July 1970) is a French actress, writer, and director.
Life and career
The daughter of Jewish-Moroccan Ode Atika Bitton and an unknown father. Her mother told her she was conceived with Michel Fournier when both had taken ...
as Emilie
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Nicolas Paz as Montana
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Mathias Olivier as Ryan
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Gary Mary as Luc
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Geordie Piseri-Diaz as Jérémy
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Clément Dettli as Henry
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Pierre Vallin as Sly
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Janine Ribollet
Janine may refer to:
People and characters
* Janine (given name)
Music
* Janine (David Bowie song), "Janine" (David Bowie song), a 1969 song by David Bowie
* "Janine", a 1979 song by Trooper from the album ''Flying Colors (Trooper album), Fl ...
as Sly's mother
References
External links
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French drama films
Gay-related films
2004 films
French LGBTQ-related films
2000s LGBTQ-related drama films
2004 drama films
2004 LGBTQ-related films
2000s French films
2000s French-language films
Films directed by Gaël Morel
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