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Zim and Co.

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Zim and Co.
Directed byPierre Jolivet
Written byPierre Jolivet
Simon Michaël
Produced byFrédéric Bourboulon
StarringAdrien Jolivet
CinematographyJérôme Alméras
Edited byStratos Gabrielidis
Release date
  • 17 August 2005 (2005-08-17)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$3.7 million
Box office$745,000[1]

Zim and Co. is a 2005 French film directed by Pierre Jolivet.

It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival,[2] the first time a film by Jolivet had been selected.[3] The film won the Grand Prize of the third Festival of European Film in Ljubljana (2008), organized by EUNIC (the European Union of National Institutes for Culture).[4] Adrien Jolivet (son of the director), in his first film, who also co-composed the soundtrack, was nominated for the César Meilleur Espoir Masculin (Most Promising Newcomer) in 2006.[5]

Jolivet described the themes of the film as "those who young people living in suburbs deal with: employment problems, prejudices, racism, violence, lack of sympathy, shady dealings and repression but above all friendship and perseverance".[3] In order to grasp the daily reality of today’s young people, Pierre Jolivet gave an early version of the screenplay to Adrien and his friend Yannick Nasso, two of the main characters of the film to verifty how authentic it was.[3]

Plot

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Following an accident where he crashes his motorbike into a car, 20-year-old Zim is arrested; the judge agrees to allow him to avoid jail, if he finds a proper job within a month. The only job he finds, requires a car and driving licence and he has neither. His friends rally to help him out.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Zim and co. (2005) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Zim and Co". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Cannes 2005 Un Certain Regard - Zim and Co : a sharp and coloured film, by Marie-France Dupagne Cineuropa website, accessed 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ Zim and Co. at Cineuropa, accessed 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ Official César website entry for Adrien Jolivet accessed 4 January 2023.
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