Little Jaffna
Directed by Lawrence ValinFrance 2024
Runtime 100'
The district of ‘Little Jaffna’ in Paris is the heart of a vibrant Tamil community, where Michael, a young police officer, is assigned to infiltrate a criminal group known for extortion and money laundering for the benefit of separatist rebels in Sri-Lanka. But as he works his way deeper into the heart of the organisation, his loyalty will be tested, in a relentless pursuit against one of Paris’ most hidden and powerful gangs.
Directed by
Lawrence Valin
Screenplay
Lawrence Valin, Marlène Poste, Malysone Bovorasmy, Gaëlle Macé, Arthur Beaupère, Yacine Badday
Cinmatography
Maxence Lemonnier
Editing
Anaïs Manuelli, Guerric Catala
Music
Maxence Dussère
Sound Design
Thomas Van Pottelbergue
Production Design
Michel Schmitt
Costumes
Joana Georges Rossi
Cast
Lawrence Valin, Puviraj Raveendran, Vela Ramamoorthy, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Marilou Aussilloux
Production
Marc Bordure (Ex Nihilo), Simon Bleuzé (Mean Streets)
International Sales
Charades
Press
Gloria Zerbinati
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Lawrence Valin (1989) grew up in Paris. In 2017, he graduated from La Fémis with the La Résidence program. In 2020, his medium-length film The Loyal Man was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand Festival, where he received the Best Actor Award and was nominated for the César Award for Best Short Film 2021. His first feature film, Little Jaffna, won the Gan Foundation Award and received the Grand Prix des Prix du Scénario 2023.
