Mercenary

Story

Soane is 19 and built like an American refrigerator. He lives with hisfather and younger brother in New Caledonia, agroup of islands belonging to Francein the South Pacific. When a scout makes him an offer to play in a professionalFrench rugby team, he doesn’t hesitate, ignoring the wishes of his violentfather, who promptly declares his son dead and chases him off his land. But thepromise of a new future doesn’t last long: Soane’s fighting weight is 20kg lessthan what it should be. Abandoned and alone, he roams the demi-monde ofnightclubs and second-class rugby clubs in the French provinces and slowly makeshis way, step by step. Mercenary isan unusual coming-of-age drama made almost exclusively with amateur actors.

Director

Sacha Wolff (*1981) studied at the Fémis film school in Paris. After a series of award-winning short and documentary films, Mercenary is his debut feature.

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