Little Jaffna

Local title
Väike Jaffna
Director
Lawrence Valin
Country
France
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
drama, crime film
Subject
violence, hatred, urbanism

A contemporary portrait of those searching for identity and justice.

Michael (played by the director Lawrence Valin himself) grew up in France as the son of Tamil parents and now works as a policeman. He gets tasked with infiltrating a Gang in Paris, that collects protection money from fellow countrymen in the Little Jaffna neighbourhood in order to finance the Tamil Tigers’ fight for freedom in Sri Lanka. Michael soon comes face-to-face with the gang leader, who becomes suspicious and seems to be on to Michael’s undercover investigations.

A loud, colourful and energetic thriller set in the milieu in which director and lead actor Lawrence Valin grew up.

The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Director
Lawrence Valin
Screenwriter
Lawrence Valin, Marlène Poste, Malysone Bovorasmy, Gaëlle Macé, Arthur Beaupère, Yacine Badday
Cast
Lawrence Valin, Puviraj Raveendran, Kawsie Chandran, Vela Ramamoorthy, Radikaa Sarathkumar
Producer
Marc Bordure, Simon Bleuzé
Cinematographer
Maxence Lemonnier
Composer
Maxence Dussère
Music
Maxence Dussère
World sales
Charades
Runtime
Language
Tamil, French
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Toronto, Zurich
Director
Lawrence Valin

Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening012202 / Väike Jaffna
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
1. Hall Apollo Kino Tasku
Screening044201 / Väike Jaffna
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening093103 / Väike Jaffna
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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