The White Knights

The White Knights is a 2015 Belgian-French drama film directed by Joachim Lafosse and inspired by the events of the Zoé's Ark controversy in 2007. The film
stars Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli and Reda Kateb. It was selected to screen in the Platform section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was screened in the San Sebastián International Film Festival where Joachim Lafosse won the Silver Shell for Best Director.

Cast

Vincent Lindon as Jacques Arnault
Louise Bourgoin as Laura Turine
Valérie Donzelli as Françoise Dubois
Reda Kateb as Xavier Libert
Stéphane Bissot as Marie Latour
Raphaëlle Lubansu as Nathalie Joris
Jean-Henri Compère as Roland Duchâteau
Philippe Rebbot as Luc Debroux
Yannick Renier as Chris Laurent
Tatiana Rojo as Christine Momboza
Catherine Salée as Sophie Tinlot
Luc Van Grunderbeeck as Yves Meynard
Tibo Vandenborre as Peter Demineur
Filip Peeters as Lieutenant Reykart
Alain Eloy as Lieutenant Liénart

Production

The screenplay was written by Joachim Lafosse, Bulle Decarpentries, Thomas van Zuylen and Zélia Abadie, with the participation of Thomas Bidegain. The film was produced by Belgium’s Versus Production and Les Films du Worso in France, with co-production support from France 3 Cinéma, RTBF, Belgacom and Prime Time. The film is also supported by the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels and the Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter. Filming began on 17 March 2014, in the region of Erfoud in Morocco, and lasted for eight weeks.