Tamara (2016 French film)

Tamara is a 2016 teen comedy film directed by Alexandre Castagnetti. It is an adaptation of the comic strip of the same name by Zidrou [fr] and Christian Darasse [fr], and is about a high school student struggling with her body shape.^[3]

Tamara
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alexandre Castagnetti
Screenplay by	Alexandre Castagnetti
Based on	Tamara by Christian Darasse Benoît Drousie
Produced by	Gaëlle Cholet Guillaume Renouil Romain Brémond Sylvain Goldberg Serge de Poucques Nadia Khamlichi Gilles Waterkeyn
Starring	Héloïse Martin Sylvie Testud Rayane Bensetti Bruno Salomone Cyril Gueï Oulaya Amamra Blanche Gardin Jimmy Labeeu
Cinematography	Yannick Ressigeac
Edited by	Thibaut Damade
Music by	Alexandre Castagnetti Clément Marchand
Production companies	Gazelle & Cie Elephant Story
Distributed by	UGC Distribution
Release date	26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	France Belgium
Language	French
Budget	$7 million [1]
Box office	$5.6 million[2]

A sequel, Tamara Vol. 2, was released in 2018.

Cast

• Héloïse Martin as Tamara
• Rayane Bensetti as Diego
• Sylvie Testud as Amandine
• Cyril Gueï as Chico
• Oulaya Amamra as Jelilah
• Blanche Gardin as Valérie
• Bruno Salomone as Philippe-André Trémolo
• Jimmy Labeeu as Wagner
• Ina Castagnetti as Yoli
• Lou Gala as Anaïs
• Laure Nicodème as Joy
• Mélissa Bryon as Fatou
• Clara Choï as Luan
• Zack Groyne as Zak
• Lamine Cissokho as Babacar
• Martin Jurdant as Steve
• Yasser Jaafari as José
• François Rollin as The French teacher
• Sandra Zidani as The SVT teacher
• Marie-Ève Perron as The sports teacher
• Anne-Pascale Clairembourg friend of Amandine
• Dominique Rongvaux as Marc
• Elliot Goldberg as Esteban
• Vincent Santamaria as Greg

Production

Héloïse Martin was cast as Tamara, and played the part at age 20, having to gain weight for the film.^[4]