N/A - "Mr Martyr"

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Country: France

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Title	Mr Martyr
Campaign	Mr. Martyr
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Brand	N/A
Date of First Broadcast/Publication	2017 / 7
Business Sector	Others
Story	Young Fathers soundtrack a heated account of gang tensions shot on Super 16 New York-based director Salomon Ligthelm is known for making ads for brands including Audi, and for his viral video Rocket Wars, about the explosive combat between rival Orthodox churches on the Greek island of Chios. Here, the filmmaker talks about his latest project, inspired by the music of Edinburgh-based hip hop trio Young Fathers, whose track Mr Martyr soundtracks the Super-16 film: “On the surface, Mr Martyr might look like a film exploring the reality of gang violence, but for me, it's more an exploration of pretense. It’s about how we can bury ourselves in a culture or subculture, and lose who we are. “Mr. Martyr might look like a film exploring the reality of gang violence, but for me, it's more an exploration of pretense” “In the protagonist of the film, we see a man whose identity has been built around being the alpha male in Parisian gang culture, and who is desperately trying to hold onto that. It takes a pivotal life or death moment that he could either walk away from or engage in to unearth what is really beneath the veneer.”
Media Type	Television & Cinema
Length	290 seconds
Soundtrack	Young Fathers 'Bones'
Producer	Jean Villiers
Line Producer	Francois Jaunet
Location Manager	Benoit Demoucron
Director	Salomon Ligthelm
Assistant Director	Christophe M. Szegedi
Assistant Director	Daniel Cox
Director of Photography (DOP)	Zack Spiger
Camera Assistant	Melodie Preel
Camera Assistant	Josephine Drouin
Gaffer	Baptiste Brousse
Art Director	Valerie Valero
Dresser	Corentin Harle
Make-Up Artist	Micka Arasco
Talent/Actors	Yannick Mabille
Talent/Actors	James Dean Fischer
Talent/Actors	Gaia Orgaes