• The widow of a somewhat xenophobic police officer falls in love with an Iranian teacher.

  • Marina Foïs embodies this woman who takes up the cause of migrants.

  • "They are alive" is inspired by the true story of Béatrice Huret with as much sensitivity as sensuality.

Widow of a policeman, Béatrice will see her life turned upside down in contact with migrants.

They are alive

by Jérémie Elkaïm is inspired by the autobiographical book by Béatrice Huret, played here by Marina Foïs, heroine of an unexpected love story.

“They are both alike in their liberated side and their refusal to let the dominant ideology dictate their conduct”, specifies the director at

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“When we approach the subject of migrants, it is more common to speak of tragedy than of love”, adds Marina Foïs.

Coming from a frankly xenophobic background, his character ends up taking up the cause of migrants in general and an Iranian teacher in particular.

The human at the center of the story

“This true story is one of those that I like being told to me, confides the actress.

She demonstrates that you can live again thanks to meeting someone who is very different from you.

The film places the human being at the center of its story with delicacy and sensuality, an explosive cocktail to celebrate the living.

“That's what the title of the film means, insists Marina Foïs.

Migrants are living beings and we have the power of life or death over them by forcing them to take senseless risks…” For the Iranian film professor, it is an attempt to reach England to the great despair of love it.

The scenes in the jungle of Calais, reconstituted for the needs of the film, accentuate the part that the spectator takes in the distress of the exiles.

"We didn't try to angelize them," warns Jérémie Elkaïm, who signs his first solo production here.

We just wanted to make them visible by pointing out the absurdity and cruelty of the situation they have to face.

The resilience of these men and women commands admiration and we can only share Béatrice's revolt at the unworthy treatment they suffer.

A film full of hope

“She will create another truth, another belief far from what she has always lived, insists Marina Foïs.

It takes great courage to admit that you were wrong and to change.

“The performance of the actress is so accurate that we end up forgetting that she is not the real Béatrice, ready to stand up against the prejudices of those close to her.

Just as much as her love, she defends principles that this hope-filled film makes vibrant.

They are alive

is a hymn to life, a film of great beauty.

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