Novembre France 2 film Fred character Jean Dujardin, Digi Mart USA News: France 2 is broadcasting Novembre, the 2022 film directed by Cédric Jimenez, on Sunday, November 8, starting at 9:10 p.m. The political thriller follows the five days after the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks and the investigations carried out by the antiterrorism brigade to arrest the attackers and prevent another catastrophe.
The cast includes Anaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Renier, Sandrine Kiberlain and Lyna Khoudri, along with Jean Dujardin, who plays Fred. Although the film is based on the days following the Paris attacks, some scenes are entirely fictional.
Jimenez noted this at the end of the film with a title card about the character Samia Khelouf, stating that her wearing of the Islamic veil is a fictional choice that does not reflect the actress’s personal convictions.
Viewers often wonder whether Fred existed. No real police commissioner under that identity has been identified.
However, the filmmakers drew on real police officers when creating the lead character. Screenwriter Olivier Demangel told Le Parisien in 2022, and Jimenez later confirmed, that each character combines traits from many different officers.
According to the film’s creators, the real officers were altered in terms of height, gender and family situation. Many of them live under false identities because they face death threats, so they could not be recognizable.
This explains the mystery surrounding the character.
