Ne m'abandonne pas explained

Genre:	Drama
Screenplay:	Françoise Charpiat Aude Marcle
Director:	Xavier Durringer
Starring:	Lina El Arabi Samia Sassi Sami Bouajila Marc Lavoine
Theme Music Composer:	Nicolas Errèra
Country:	France
Language:	French
Producer:	Joëy Faré
Runtime:	90 minutes
Company:	Scarlett productions
Network:	France 2

Ne m'abandonne pas (French for Don't Leave Me) is a French TV movie directed by Xavier Durringer, which was broadcast on 3 February 2016 on France 2. The film deals with the topic of young French Muslims who are radicalized and encouraged to go to Syria to join the civil war.

Synopsis

A French woman experiences her worst nightmare when she discovers that her 17-year-old daughter has been radicalized and plans to travel to Syria to meet her new husband, a jihadist she met online. In order to prevent this, the mother decides to completely isolate her daughter.

Cast

• Lina El Arabi as Chama
• Samia Sassi as Inès, Chama's mother
• Sami Bouajila as Sami, Chama's father
• Marc Lavoine as Adrien, Louis' father
• Léo Legrand as Louis, Chama's boyfriend, who is fighting in Syria
• Tassadit Mandi as Chama's grandmother
• Sofia Lesaffre as Yasmina, Chama's best friend
• Louise Szpindel as Manon, an ex-convert back from Syria
• Virgile M'Fouilou as Lieutenant Logley
• Meriem Serbah as Nora
• Bachir Tliti as Benjamin
• Évelyne El Garby Klaï as Djemila, Sami's companion
• Théo Taggueb as Noam, Chams's half-brother
• Zoé Daddi-Bourcy as Louisa, Chama's half-sister
• Clara Pirali as Carole
• Nadir Louatib as Omar, a friend of Louis
• Louis-Marie Audubert as the postman

Awards and recognition

Wins

• 2017 International Emmy Awards: Best TV Movie/Miniseries
• 2017 Monte Carlo TV Festival: Best Long Fiction Program
• 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actress for Samia Sassi
• 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best TV Movie

Nominations

• Monte Carlo TV Festival 2017: Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries for Marc Lavoine

Legacy

A petition was launched in 2016 to request the broadcast of the film in all French high schools. Addressed to Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the French Minister of National Education, the petition succeeded in reaching its objective of 43,172 signatures, and the Minister responded favourably to the project.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diffusion du téléfilm "Ne m'abandonne pas" dans les lycées de la République française. . facebook.com . 15 April 2021 . fr . Broadcast of the TV Movie "Ne m'abandonne pas" in High Schools in the French Republic..