Ne m'abandonne pas

Ne m'abandonne pas (French for Don't Leave Me) is a French TV movie directed by Xavier Durringer, which was broadcast on 3 February 2016 on France 2. The film deals with the topic of young French Muslims who are radicalized and encouraged to go to Syria to join the civil war.

Synopsis
A French woman experiences her worst nightmare when she discovers that her 17-year-old daughter has been radicalized and plans to travel to Syria to meet her new husband, a jihadist she met online. In order to prevent this, the mother decides to completely isolate her daughter.

Cast

 * Lina El Arabi as Chama
 * Samia Sassi as Inès, Chama's mother
 * Sami Bouajila as Sami, Chama's father
 * Marc Lavoine as Adrien, Louis' father
 * Léo Legrand as Louis, Chama's boyfriend, who is fighting in Syria
 * Tassadit Mandi as Chama's grandmother
 * Sofia Lesaffre as Yasmina, Chama's best friend
 * Louise Szpindel as Manon, an ex-convert back from Syria
 * Virgile M'Fouilou as Lieutenant Logley
 * Meriem Serbah as Nora
 * Bachir Tliti as Benjamin
 * Évelyne El Garby Klaï as Djemila, Sami's companion
 * Théo Taggueb as Noam, Chams's half-brother
 * Zoé Daddi-Bourcy as Louisa, Chama's half-sister
 * Clara Pirali as Carole
 * Nadir Louatib as Omar, a friend of Louis
 * Louis-Marie Audubert as the postman

Awards and recognition
Wins
 * 2017 International Emmy Awards: Best TV Movie/Miniseries
 * 2017 Monte Carlo TV Festival: Best Long Fiction Program
 * 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actress for Samia Sassi
 * 2016 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best TV Movie

Nominations
 * Monte Carlo TV Festival 2017: Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries for Marc Lavoine

Legacy
A petition was launched in 2016 to request the broadcast of the film in all French high schools. Addressed to Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the French Minister of National Education, the petition succeeded in reaching its objective of 43,172 signatures, and the Minister responded favourably to the project.