In the Name of Blood

New Directors Competition

In the Name of Blood

Brûle le Sang

France, Belgium, Georgia, Austria 2024 Fiction cor 105 min.

In a working-class neighborhood of Nice, a pillar of the local Georgian community is murdered. His son Tristan, who aspires to become an orthodox priest, finds himself alone with his grieving mother. Gabriel, his older brother with a troubled past, reappears from a long exile to make amends by redeeming his family’s honour.

Presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

France Belgium Georgia Austria thriller family revenge international film festivals mourning

direction

Akaki Popkhadze

screenplay

Akaki Popkhadze, Florent Hill

cinematography

Justin Vaudaux

editing

Mathieu Toulemonde

sound design

Guilhem Donzel

music

Guillaume Ferran

production design

Thibault Pinto

cast

Nicolas Duvauchelle, Florent Hill, Denis Lavant, Finnegan Oldfield, Ia Shugliashvili, Sandor Funtek, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Arben Bajraktara

production

Sébastien Albert, Leslie Jacob

co-production

Alain-Gilles Viellevoye, Fabrice Delville, Elisabeth Senger-Weiss

produced by

Adastra Films

co-produced by

Miraval Studios, Beside Productions, Ellly Films

world sales

Urban

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16