{"id":17957,"date":"2024-08-17T20:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=17957"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:19:30","slug":"the-test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TEST  A l&#8217;\u00e9preuve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1727381909442{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE TEST<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">(A l&#8217;\u00e9preuve)<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ea1300&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1727381570950{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TELEVISION COMPETITION<br \/>\n<\/strong>MELVILLE THEATRE<br \/>\n<strong>Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/free-sn-rsvp-1.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1727381769115{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THURSDAY OCTOBER 31<\/strong><br \/>\n8:10 pm\u00a0 (Screening ends at 9:45 pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1<\/strong><br \/>\n10:30 pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2<\/strong><br \/>\n9:00 am (Screening ends at 10:35 am)<\/li>\n<li><strong>SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3<\/strong><br \/>\n3:00 pm (Screening ends at 4:35 pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1728249154655{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Presented in association with:<br \/>\n<\/b>Film &amp; Picture<br \/>\nFrance T\u00e9l\u00e9visions<br \/>\nTITRAFILM<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ea1300&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1727381851109{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong><span style=\"color: #ea1300;\">North American Premiere<\/span><\/strong> |\u00a0France\u00a0|\u00a02024\u00a0|\u00a0Drama |\u00a090\u00a0min\u00a0|\u00a0In French with English subtitles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Akim Isker<strong><br \/>\nWritten by: <\/strong>Fanny Chesnel,\u00a0No\u00e9mie De Lapparent<br \/>\n<strong>Produced by: <\/strong>Chlo\u00e9 Besomi, G\u00e9rard Pont &amp; G\u00e9rard Lacroix (Morgane Productions), France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions<br \/>\n<strong>Cinematography:\u00a0<\/strong>P\u00e9n\u00e9lope Pourriat<br \/>\n<strong>Film Editing: <\/strong>Aurique Delannoy<br \/>\n<strong>Original Score: <\/strong>\u00c9ric Neveux<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Frankie Wallach (Ambre),\u00a0Bernard Campan (Jean-Yves),<br \/>\nCl\u00e9mentine C\u00e9lari\u00e9 (Desailly)<strong>, <\/strong>Zacharie Chasseriaud (Chems), Moussa Sylla (Babaly), Chad Chenouga (Youssef), Anne Suarez (Sandrine), Amaury Leroy (Nolan)<strong><br \/>\nInternational Sales: <\/strong>Film &amp; Picture<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Original Broadcast: <\/strong>France 2 (September 25, 2024)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambre is a young single mother, living in a modest apartment with her parents and her four-year-old son, Nolan. When she fails to pass her law exams a second time, an argument erupts with her overly ambitious parents, who keep pushing her to become a lawyer. Feeling suffocated, Ambre packs her bags and moves out, on the spot, determined to make it on her own. But finding an apartment and even a menial job, with no training whatsoever, proves to be a challenge. And the only decently-paid position available to her is as garbage collector for the City of Paris. Screened on France 2 in September, as part of a special evening highlighting the struggle of single mothers in France, <strong><em>The Test<\/em><\/strong> is a poignant illustration of Ambre&#8217;s plight, the unfaltering solidarity she slowly builds with her colleagues, and the lessons she learns along the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born in Algiers and raised in France, <strong>Akim Isker<\/strong> began his career as an actor and an assistant director. He began directing with two episodes of the TV series <em>P.J.<\/em> (2009), then directed the feature <em>La Planque<\/em> (2011).\u00a0 He has directed episodes of numerous series, including <em>The Judge Is a Woman<\/em> (2014-2016), <em>Captain Sharif<\/em> (2016-2017), <em>Research Unit<\/em> (2017), <em>Ben<\/em> (2018), <em>Super Jimmy<\/em> (2019), <em>Visions<\/em> (2022), <em>Les Rivi\u00e8res pourpres<\/em> (2022). His TV movie credits include <em>Copy Cat<\/em> (2020); <em>L\u2019Enfant de personne<\/em> (2021), which won the Best Director Seoul International Drama Award; and <em>Tout le monde ment 2<\/em> (2024). <strong><em>The Test<\/em><\/strong> premiered at this year&#8217;s La Rochelle Festival of Fiction, in September, where it was honored with the television festival&#8217;s grand prize, as Best TV Movie, and the Unifrance Foreign Press Award.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/test_poster.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; frame_style=&#8221;gray_border&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1727381909442{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] THE TEST (A l&#8217;\u00e9preuve) [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ea1300&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1727381570950{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] TELEVISION COMPETITION MELVILLE THEATRE Drama [\/vc_column_text][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/free-sn-rsvp-1.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1727381769115{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] THURSDAY OCTOBER 31 8:10 pm\u00a0 (Screening ends at 9:45 pm) FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1 10:30 pm SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2 9:00 am (Screening ends at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17957","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17957"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19783,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17957\/revisions\/19783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}