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After being illegally smuggled into France on the promise of gaining employment as a construction worker, with the hope to support his family in India, 15-year old Many (Harmandeep Palminder) finds himself unexpectedly handed over to the hands of the French State who by law, must enrol him in school and find him a foster family. Two years later, Many has been successfully assimilated into the French Sikh community and is flourishing at school. Education has given Many a new-found sense of entrepreneurship that he uses to gain employment with the smugglers, setting him on a conflicting moral path that challenges his values of family, religion and his sense of self.
Accolades
Critics
...'...gripping portrait of a young man scraping by on the fringes of French society.'
The Hollywood Reporter
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Director's Statement
I like cinema that reveals a number of ambivalent positions. I want to make movies that explore blurred areas and the ambivalence that can be found in individuals...
... I wanted my hero to have to make a choice, and a moral choice is a film noir code. In choosing to confront a thriller, I myself wanted to take on the unbending codes of
that specific genre...
...during my research, the image of the tiger quickly came to me: An instinctive animal thatprotects his own. The baby has teeth, claws, but he doesn’t know how to use them yet. This is the story the film tells: Many is a young tiger who has to try out his claws for the first time.
