Ghost Trail
2024 film by Jonathan Millet
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Ghost Trail (French: Les Fantômes) is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Jonathan Millet in his feature directorial debut. It stars Adam Bessa as a Syrian man in France who pursues the man who tortured him at Sednaya Prison.[4] It premiered on 15 May 2024 in the Critics' Week section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or.
- Jonathan Millet
- Florence Rochat
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| French | Les Fantômes |
| Directed by | Jonathan Millet |
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| Produced by | Pauline Seigland |
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| Cinematography | Olivier Boonjing |
| Edited by | Laurent Sénéchal |
| Music by | Yuksek |
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| Distributed by | Memento Distribution |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
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| Budget | €3.9 million[2] |
| Box office | US$1.3 million[3] |
Cast
- Adam Bessa as Hamid
- Tawfeek Barhom as Harfaz
- Julia Franz Richter as Nina
- Hala Rajab as Yara
- Safiqa El Till as la mère d'Hamid
- Sylvain Samson as le chef du chantier
- Mohammad Saboor Rasooli as le vendeur afghan
- Faisal Alia as le vieil homme au centre d'accueil
- Pascal Cervo as le conseiller à la préfecture
- Mudar Ramadan as le traducteur à la préfecture
- Marie Rémond as la psychologue
- Dorado Jadiba as Jalal
- Fakher Aldeen Fayad as Herta
- Janty Omat as le volontaire
- Jacques Follorou as le journaliste
Release
The film was selected to be screened as the opening film of the Critics' Week section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival,[5][6] where it had its world premiere on 15 May 2024.[7] The film was theatrically released in France on 3 July 2024 by Memento Distribution.[8] International sales were handled by mk2 films.[9]
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 34 critics' reviews are positive.[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[11] On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 31 reviews from French critics.[12]
Accolades
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Cannes Film Festival | 25 May 2024[a] | Grand Prix – Critics' Week | Ghost Trail | Nominated | [14] |
| Caméra d'Or | Nominated | [7] | |||
| César Awards | 28 February 2025 | Best Male Revelation | Adam Bessa | Nominated | [15] |
| Best First Film | Ghost Trail | Nominated | |||
| Louis Delluc Prize | 4 December 2024 | Best First Film | Won | [16] | |
| Lumière Awards | 20 January 2025 | Best Actor | Adam Bessa | Nominated | [17] |
| Best First Film | Ghost Trail | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Jonathan Millet and Florence Rochat | Nominated | |||
| Best Music | Yuksek | Nominated |
Notes
- The award ceremony of the 63rd Critics' Week was held on 22 May 2024.[13]
