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{{Infobox film

| name = The Marchers

| image = La_Marche_poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Nabil Ben Yadir

| producer = Diana Elbaum
Benoit Roland
Hugo Slignac

| writer = Nabil Ben Yadir
Nadia Lakhdar
Ahmed Ahmidi

| starring = Jamel Debbouze
Olivier Gourmet
Lubna Azabal
Hafsia Herzi

| music = Stephen Warbeck

| cinematography = Danny Elsen

| editing = Damien Keyeux

| studio = Chi-Fou-Mi
France 3
Europa Corp
Entre Chien et Loup
Belgacom TV

| distributor = EuropaCorp. Distribution

| released =

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = France
Belgium

| language = French
Arabic

| budget = $11 million

| gross = $1.3 million

}}

'The Marchers' is a 2013 French comedy-drama film by Nabil Ben Yadir. It is loosely based on the events surrounding the 1983 March for Equality and Against Racism.

The film's release in November 2013 coincided with the 30th anniversary of the march.

Plot



In 1983 France, teenaged Mohamed is shot by a policeman, but survives. Rejecting his friends' proposal of violent retribution, he proposes political action inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. With two friends, and support from Dubois, the priest of Minguettes, they embark on a non-violent March for Equality and Against Racism from Marseille to Paris.

Cast



*Tewfik Jallab as Mohamed

*Vincent Rottiers as Sylvain

*M'Barek Belkouk as Farid

*Nader Boussandel as Yazid

*Lubna Azabal as Kheira

*Hafsia Herzi as Monia

*Olivier Gourmet as Dubois

*Charlotte Le Bon as Claire

*Philippe Nahon as Ren Ledu

*Jamel Debbouze as Hassan

*Malik Zidi as Philippe, the RG

*Simon Abkarian as Farid's father

*Corinne Masiero as Dominique

*Rufus as Franois, pastor

*Benjamin Lavernhe as Thomas

*Kvin Azas as Rmi

*Franoise Miquelis as Georgina Dufoix

*Finnegan Oldfield as Radio Host

Comparison to historical events



Answering a question about taking "liberties with the narration when telling a true story", director and co-writer Ben Yadir said: "You focus on the great History: the towns, the march of the torches, the return to Lyon, the , all these images that pull you back to reality... But at the start in Marseilles, there was a group of 32, and we obviously could not make a movie with 32 characters. We thus created 10 characters around which we built short stories."

Release



'The Marchers' had theatrical showings in North America as part of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema series 2014 program.

Reception



Boyd van Hoeij of 'The Hollywood Reporter' said "[t]he films message of equality is loud and sincere but Yadir, here directing his second feature, struggles to maintain a workable entente between the downbeat story [...] with misplaced-feeling broad humor."

Peter Debruge of 'Variety' called it "uplifting story of racial tolerance [which] should travel well."

'Le Parisien' gave it a positive review.

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References




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