The White Knights

Oct 13, 2015

1h 52m

★ 5.6

Overview

Jacques Arnault, head of Sud Secours NGO, is planning a high impact operation: he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphan victims of the Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Françoise Dubois, a journalist, is invited to come along with them and handle the media coverage for this operation. Completely immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members start losing their convictions and are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

France 3 Cinéma

Les films du Worso

Le Pacte

The White Knights Trailers

Cast

Jacques Arnault

Vincent Lindon

Laura Turine

Louise Bourgoin

Françoise Dubois

Valérie Donzelli

Xavier Libert

Reda Kateb

Chris Laurent

Yannick Renier

Marie Latour

Stéphane Bissot

Nathalie Joris

Raphaëlle Lubansu

Roland Duchâteau

Jean-Henri Compère

Luc Debroux

Philippe Rebbot

Christine Momboza

Tatiana Rojo

Sophie Tinlot

Catherine Salée

Yves Meynard

Luc Van Gunderbeeck

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