PARIS — From barren territory on the outskirts of Paris , Ladj Ly hit movie theaters last month with an urgent message: Multicultural France is here, it is real and it is not in good shape. What sets apart Mr. Ly’s film, “Les Misérables,” is its intimacy. He is part of this ill-understood world, grew up in it and still lives there. Mr. Ly’s film is different. Before becoming a professional filmmaker, Mr. Ly was the child with the video camera in his pocket, filming rough police “interventions,” partly to protect the banlieues’ inhabitants and often suffering the consequences.

Source: New York Times December 06, 2019 12:11 UTC