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Sympathy for the Devil (French: Sympathie pour le diable) is a war drama film, directed by Guillaume de Fontenay and released in 2019. Based on the book of the same name by French war correspondent Paul Marchand, the film stars Niels Schneider as Marchand covering the Bosnian War in the 1990s.The cast also includes Vincent Rottiers and Ella Rumpf.The film, a coproduction of companies from Canada, France and Belgium, had its theatrical premiere at the Cinemania film festival on November 11, 2019, before premiering commercially on November 29.The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for Best Adapted Screenplay (de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault and Jean Barbe), Best Visual Effects (Benoît Brière and Kinga Sabela), and the John Dunning Best First Feature Award.
Original Release
11/27/2019
US Release
11/29/2019
Cast
Name | Character |
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Niels Schneider | Paul / Paul Marchand |
Vincent Rottiers | Vincent |
Ella Rumpf | Boba |
Arieh Worthalter | Ken Doyle / Ken |
Clement Metayer | Philippe / Philippe, le caméraman |
Elisa Lasowski | Louise / Louise Baker |
Luc Van Grunderbeeck | Le commandant des Nations Unies / Un commandant |
Martin Swabey | Un lieutenant / Le lieutenant |
Diego Martín | Luis, le journaliste espagnol |
Adnan Omerovic | Marko |
Directors
Writers
Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault, Paul Marchand, Jean Barbe
Cast
Name | Character |
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Niels Schneider | Paul / Paul Marchand |
Vincent Rottiers | Vincent |
Ella Rumpf | Boba |
Arieh Worthalter | Ken Doyle / Ken |
Clement Metayer | Philippe / Philippe, le caméraman |
Elisa Lasowski | Louise / Louise Baker |
Luc Van Grunderbeeck | Le commandant des Nations Unies / Un commandant |
Martin Swabey | Un lieutenant / Le lieutenant |
Diego Martín | Luis, le journaliste espagnol |
Adnan Omerovic | Marko |
Mark Irons | Journaliste anglais / Le journaliste anglais |
Izudin Bajrovic | Oncle Dusan / Dusan |
Davor Golubovic | Le capitaine serbe / Capitaine serbe |
Mario Knezovic | Jovan / Danir |
Adi Dedovic | Adi |
Lukas De Wolf | Soldat ukrainien / Soldat néerlandais Nations Unies 1 |
Jérémie Petrus | Soldat néerlandais Nations Unies 2 |
Toussaint Colombani | Soldat français Nations Unies / Un soldat français |
Emir Pasanovic | Journaliste américain / Un journaliste américain |
Ludovic Naar | Journaliste français |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jean-Yves Robin | Executive Producer |
Marc Stanimirovic | Executive Producer |
Ludovic Naar | Executive Producer |
Amra Baksic Camo | Producer |
Pascal Bascaron | Producer |
Tim Belda | Producer |
Serge de Poucques | Producer |
Adis Djapo | Producer |
Frédéric Fiore | Producer |
Sylvain Goldberg | Producer |
Cédric Iland | Producer |
Adrian Politowski | Producer |
Nicole Robert | Producer |
Marc Stanimirovic | Producer |
Jean-Yves Robin | Producer |