Once in a Lifetime (2014 film)

Once in a Lifetime
Film poster
Directed by	Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Produced by	Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar Pierre Kubel
Written by	Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar Ahmed Dramé
Starring	Ariane Ascaride Ahmed Dramé
Music by	Ludovico Einaudi
Cinematography	Myriam Vinocour
Edited by	Benoît Quinon
Production company	Loma Nasha
Distributed by	UGC Distribution
Release dates	7 October 2014 (FIFF) 3 December 2014 (France)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€3.4 million[1]
Box office	$2.2 million[1]

Once in a Lifetime (original title: Les Héritiers) is a 2014 French drama film directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

Based on a true story, the film chronicles the relationship of a teacher with teenagers who have long since dropped out of the school system. This teacher of Leon Blum high school at Créteil (Val-de-Marne), decides to pass a national competition titled "Children and adolescents in the Nazi concentration camp system". First rough and frustrating, the atmosphere will soon evolve into contact with a survivor of the camps and under the open intensity during the visit of a museum dedicated to this dark period of history. This experience will change their lives.

Cast

Cast and director at the film premiere in Paris.

• Ariane Ascaride as Anne Gueguen
• Ahmed Dramé as Malik
• Noémie Merlant as Mélanie
• Geneviève Mnich as Yvette
• Stéphane Bak as Max
• Wendy Nieto as Jamila
• Aïmen Derriachi as Saïd
• Mohamed Seddiki as Olivier
• Naomi Amarger as Julie
• Alicia Dadoun as Camélia
• Adrien Hurdubae as Théo
• Raky Sall as Koudjiji
• Amine Lansari as Rudy
• Koro Dramé as Léa
• Xavier Maly as the principal

Reception

Karen Schollemann called the film on kinocritics.com a "powerful tale about integration".^[4]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
César Awards	Most Promising Actor	Ahmed Dramé	Nominated
St. Louis International Film Festival	Best Narrative Feature		Won

References

1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=14885
2. "Once in a Lifetime". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
3. "Once in a Lifetime". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
4. "Die Schüler der Madame Anne (Once in a Lifetime, Les héritiers)". kinocritics.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.

External links

• Once in a Lifetime at the Internet Movie Database