Sympathy for the Devil (2019 film)

Sympathy for the Devil
Film poster
Sympathie pour le diable
Directed byGuillaume de Fontenay
Written byGuillaume de Fontenay
Guillaume Vigneault
Jean Barbe
Based onSympathie pour le diable by Paul Marchand
Produced byPascal Bascaron
Nicole Robert
Jean-Yves Robin
Marc Stanimirovic
StarringNiels Schneider
Vincent Rottiers
Ella Rumpf
CinematographyPierre Aim
Edited byMathilde Van de Moortel
Production
companies
Monkey Pack Films
Go Films
Logical Pictures
Distributed byLes Films Séville (Canada)[1]
Rezo Films (France)[1]
Distri7 (Belgium)[1]
Release date
  • November 11, 2019 (2019-11-11) (Cinemania)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
Belgium
LanguageFrench

Sympathy for the Devil (French: Sympathie pour le diable) is a 2019 war drama film directed by Guillaume de Fontenay and released in 2019.[2] Based on the book of the same name by French war correspondent Paul Marchand, the film stars Niels Schneider as Marchand covering the Bosnian War in the 1990s.[3]

The cast also includes Vincent Rottiers and Ella Rumpf.[4]

The film, a coproduction of companies from Canada, France and Belgium, had its Canadian theatrical premiere at the Cinemania film festival on November 11, 2019,[5] before premiering commercially on November 29.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Sympathy for the Devil (2019)". UniFrance. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ Demers, Maxime (November 30, 2019). "Sympathie pour le diable: un film bouleversant et nécessaire". Le Journal de Montréal.
  3. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (December 2, 2019). "'Sympathy for the Devil' ('Sympathie pour le diable'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (November 29, 2019). "Sympathie pour le diable : comme une ambiance de fin du monde". La Presse.
  5. ^ Dunlevy, T'cha (November 1, 2019). "25 years of Cinemania: Film fest represents 'what Quebec is, and what Canada is". Montreal Gazette.
  6. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (November 25, 2019). "Sympathie pour le diable : l'urgence de dire". La Presse.