{"id":113662,"date":"2026-09-03T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=113662"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:28:06","slug":"fils-de-la-terre-son-of-soil","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/en\/events\/fils-de-la-terre-son-of-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"FILS DE LA TERRE (SON OF SOIL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container boomapps_vcrow\" id=\"row-unique-0\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 boomapps_vccolumn single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  boomapps_vccolumn no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\" ><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p><b>[S\u00e9lection officielle\/Official selection (Film en comp\u00e9tition)]\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R\u00e9alisateur(trice)\/Director: Chee Keong Cheung<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dur\u00e9e\/Length:\u00a0 01:45:32\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genre:\u00a0 Long m\u00e9trage \u2014 Fiction\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Origine: Nigeria, United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Film sous-titr\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais si le film est en anglais (ou autre langue) \/ Subtitled in English if the film is in French (or another language).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apr\u00e8s avoir fui son pays, le Nig\u00e9ria, un ancien soldat traumatis\u00e9, Zion Ladejo, est contraint d&rsquo;y retourner suite au meurtre de sa s\u0153ur par des trafiquants de drogue. Zion se lance alors dans une campagne de vengeance pour nettoyer sa ville natale de ce fl\u00e9au et en m\u00e9moire de sa s\u0153ur. Trouvera-t-il ainsi une forme de r\u00e9demption pour les nombreuses vies perdues lors de cette mission traumatisante il y a plusieurs ann\u00e9es?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After fleeing his home country, Nigeria, a traumatised former soldier, Zion Ladejo, is forced to return following his sister\u2019s murder at the hands of drug traffickers. Zion then embarks on a campaign of vengeance to rid his hometown of this scourge and in memory of his sister. Will he thus find some form of redemption for the many lives lost during that traumatic mission several years ago?<\/span><\/i><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_37813\"  width=\"840\" height=\"473\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/070bLIZXacQ?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=1&playlist=070bLIZXacQ&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=0&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113867\" src=\"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_03-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113866\" src=\"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_02-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113865\" src=\"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/fifp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Son-of-the-Soil_01-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-0\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-0\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-0\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[S\u00e9lection officielle\/Official selection (Film en comp\u00e9tition)]\u00a0 R\u00e9alisateur(trice)\/Director: Chee Keong Cheung Dur\u00e9e\/Length:\u00a0 01:45:32\u00a0 Genre:\u00a0 Long m\u00e9trage \u2014 Fiction\u00a0 Origine: Nigeria, United [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[431,432,434],"mec_speaker":[],"class_list":["post-113662","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-fiction-2026","mec_category-long-metrage-2026","mec_category-selection-officielle-official-selection-film-en-competition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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