12/05 - ODILE CASTING NEWS!!! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
DAVID HAREWOOD OBE JOINS ODILE !!!
We are extremely delighted to announce, British actor and presenter, the awesome David Harewood OBE has joined ODILE’s cast! Harewood, one of the most successful Black actors Britain has ever produced, will be playing PASTOR MIKE, a charismatic & hypocritical man “of God". Greatly honored to have you David! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
02/05 - ODILE CASTING NEWS!!! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
IVORIAN TOP STAR KADHY TOURÉ JOINS ODILE!!
The stunning awards-winning Ivorian actress and daytime TV queen will be playing Wannabe catwalk model, SOPHIE, Odile’s cousin. Khady Touré, it's a huge blessing having you on board! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
30/04 - ODILE CASTING NEWS!!! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
NOLLYWOOD ROYALTY, SHAFFY BELLO, JOINS ODILE!
It’s an absolute honour to announce, the legendary Shaffy Bello, has officially joined ODILE, this day, as Executive Producer and cast member, greedy pastor’s wife ‘Oyinlola’. Thanks, Shaffy for the past 2 years of support to ODILE! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
26/04 - ODILE CASTING NEWS!!! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
MICA PARIS MBE JOINS THE TEAM!!!
We are thrilled to announce, actress & queen of British soul, Mica Paris MBE, has officially joined ODILE, this day, as Executive Producer and cast member ‘Matilda Pritchard’. Thanks, Mica for the strong interest in ODILE! 👌👏💥🙌❤💖
SYNOPSIS
Odile wants to give her mixed-race son, Jean-Philippe a good life when she and her newlywed white husband, Mathieu move from Paris to London. Her husband, who because of the language barriers, gets a kitchen porter job in a restaurant, has a hard time adjusting to their new immigrant life. From a loving caring husband, he quickly became a drunk and violent wife beater. Odile, who managed to get a chambermaid job, sticks with him and even covers up for him for the sake of their child but when he turns abusive to Jean-Philippe, she plans to get away and finds refuge in a women’s shelter. She hides from her husband moving from one hostel to another until one day…
…her husband is found dead in a homeless shed!
Odile now a widow has no reason to hide. When she receives an offer to move out of her hostel and settle down in a permanent social council housing, she can’t thank her lucky stars. The new neighbourhood, however, turns out to be one of the worst crime-ridden housing estates in London and now she’s stuck. She is given no choice but to accept her lot, she’s stuck in this new misery. Fearing for her son’s life after he comes home one day, bleeding from a stab, she decides to ask to be moved elsewhere but is laughed off by her local council officer. Her only option is to move to a private rental, but she knows private renting would cost her a fortune, but she’s driven to raise the money one way or another. She exhausts all her options from fundraising outside the train station, to applying for a trust fund at the Citizen’s Advice Bureau, to speaking to her boss for a loan, asking her pastor for help, and even approaching a sleazy businessman to vouch for her at the bank after being turned down without a guarantor, until finally she meets Maria a high-end Brazilian escort.
What will a desperate mother do to save her child’s life? ...
Statement from Writer, Producer & Director Elsie Nemlin
From a six-part series plan to a feature-length film plan, ODILE has been a long time coming project. On many occasions, I felt like abandoning it all together, but then, something kept reminding me of the importance of telling it.
The story of ODILE is inspired by a true event I was requested to provide support for, over fifteen years ago, when I was the CEO of Stand Up For Africa, a charity that used to work with young people here in the UK and in Africa. With poverty, social housing crisis, domestic violence and gang-related crime reaching an all-time high, I am truly hoping ODILE becomes a voice for families caught in the middle of these occurrences and helps bring more attention to these tragic issues.
We just can't wait to complete the production soon!
Thank you!
THE CAST
French Actress Nikki Zag
French Actor Christophe Delesques
French Actor Christophe Delesques
As desperate mum-of-one, Chambermaid ODILE DIJON
French Actor Christophe Delesques
French Actor Christophe Delesques
French Actor Christophe Delesques
as wife beater, kitchen porter MATHIEU DIJON
Nollywood Actress Shaffy Bello
French Actor Christophe Delesques
British Actor David Harewood OBE
as ‘money loving’ OYINLOLA (Mrs Pastor Mike)
British Actor David Harewood OBE
French Actor Christophe Delesques
British Actor David Harewood OBE
as bible-wielding, flamboyant Pastor Mike
British actress Sona Vyas
British Actor Taye Junaid-Evans
British actor Sanjiv Hayre
as fiercely protective, childminder HODA, ODILE’s best friend.
British actor Sanjiv Hayre
British Actor Taye Junaid-Evans
British actor Sanjiv Hayre
as HODA’s cousin, bluntly racist businessman, SANJEY.
British Actor Taye Junaid-Evans
British Actor Taye Junaid-Evans
British Actor Taye Junaid-Evans
as smart, obedient, studious JEAN-PHILIPPE DIJON
Ivorian Actress Kadhy Touré
British Actor Taye Junaid-Evans
British Actor Taye Junaid-Evans
as Odile’s cousin, foreign student, overstayer, stunning top model SOPHIE.
Odile pilot - news
ODILE PILOT FILMING
It’s been almost 10 years in development, and Sunday 27th March (and 03rd April) was an exciting and humbling moment to finally be shooting ODILE’s pilot! Thank you to all our cast and crew and all our shooting locations owners (especially Palace Road Doctors Surgery) for your priceless support and contribution. Check out the stunning behind-the-scenes images (by Jason Yip) HERE!
Writer & Director: Elsie Nemlin
DOP: Caleb Gregory | Editor: Linda Cairns
Cast: Nikki Zag, Christophe Delesques, Taye Junaid-Evans, Sanjiv Hayre, Sona Vyas (Dunne), Cx Wing, Lucy Blake; Parvinder Shergill & Jason Yip (voice).
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