Cannes Film Festival section Un Certain Regard, part of the Official Selection, will open with Mathieu Vadepied’s World War One film Father & Soldier. The movie is the latest addition to the Of…
actor Omar Sy alongside Alassane Diong and Jonas Bloquet. The pic tells the story of Bakary Diallo, a father, who enlists in the French army in 1917 to join Thierno, his 17-year-old son, who was drafted by force.
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