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Bessa was born in [[Grasse]],<ref name="grasse"/> France in 1992,<ref name="sd51222" /> to an Italian-Tunisian mother and a Tunisian father.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Bessa, star of Harka, is building a diverse career |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/adam-bessa-star-of-harka-is-building-a-diverse-career/news-story/7171335920b37847eb0bf0d3d16104e1 |website=[[The Australian]] |date=14 July 2022}}</ref> Bessa speaks French, Arabic, English and Italian.<ref name="africine">{{Cite web |title=Adam Bessa |url=http://www.africine.org/personne/adam-bessa/51590 |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Africiné |language=French}}</ref> |
Bessa was born in [[Grasse]],<ref name="grasse"/> France in 1992,<ref name="sd51222" /> to an Italian-Tunisian mother and a Tunisian father.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Bessa, star of Harka, is building a diverse career |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/adam-bessa-star-of-harka-is-building-a-diverse-career/news-story/7171335920b37847eb0bf0d3d16104e1 |website=[[The Australian]] |date=14 July 2022}}</ref> Bessa speaks French, Arabic, English and Italian.<ref name="africine">{{Cite web |title=Adam Bessa |url=http://www.africine.org/personne/adam-bessa/51590 |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Africiné |language=French}}</ref> |
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Bessa decided to quit law school and pursue his long-standing passion for cinema. He bought a few books on acting and started to teach himself.<ref name="sd51222" /> He studied at Jean Périmony,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leroy |first=Joséphine |date=27 October 2022 |title=[LE NOUVEAU] Adam Bessa, intense révélation de |
Bessa decided to quit law school and pursue his long-standing passion for cinema. He bought a few books on acting and started to teach himself.<ref name="sd51222" /> He studied at Jean Périmony,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leroy |first=Joséphine |date=27 October 2022 |title=[LE NOUVEAU] Adam Bessa, intense révélation de " Harka " |url=https://www.troiscouleurs.fr/article/le-nouveau-adam-bessa |website=Trois Couleurs |language=French}}</ref> a theatre school in Paris from 2011 to 2012,<ref name="africine"/> but he didn't like the experience.<ref name="premiere">{{Cite web |first=Thierry |last=Cheze |title=Adam Bessa : " Harka m'a reconnecté à la Tunisie " |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Adam-Bessa--Harka-m-a-reconnecte-a-la-Tunisie- |website=[[Première (magazine)|Première]] |date=5 November 2022 |language=French}}</ref> What he proposed in the exercises was too "cinematic", and he was told that he showed too little and wasn't expressive enough, so he quit and went back to [[Marseille]] to work as a [[real estate agent]] and then as a [[fishmonger]], his other passion.<ref name="premiere"/> Some time later, a friend asked him to star in a short film.<ref name="premiere"/> He made his film debut in 2010 in ''Le Rapport Homme Femme'', directed by Olivier André.<ref name="africine"/> In 2013, he appeared in ''Les Mouettes'' by Claire Fontecave.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2017 |title=30es Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cannes |url=https://www.cannes-cinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/programme-RCC-2017.pdf |website=cannes-cinema.com |page=46 |language=French}}</ref> In 2015, he played Jason in the romantic thriller ''Of Sound Mind'', directed by Simon G. Mueller.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Of Sound Mind |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/of-sound-mind-2015 |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> |
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In 2017, he starred as Reda in [[Sofia Djama]]'s ''[[The Blessed (2017 film)|The Blessed]]''. For his performance in the film, he was one of the young actors shortlisted to compete for the [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]], but he did not get the nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2017 |title=Nekfeu présélectionné dans la catégorie "Meilleur espoir masculin" des César 2018 |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/mouv/nekfeu-preselectionne-dans-la-categorie-meilleur-espoir-masculin-des-cesar-2018-5451990 |website=[[Radio France]] |language=French}}</ref> Bessa kept working as a fishmonger in Marseille even after starring in ''The Blessed'' because he did not want to settle in Paris, where he didn't feel good and was wasting away.<ref name="premiere"/> In 2019, he played police officer Kawa in the Arabic-language American war film ''[[Mosul (2019 action film)|Mosul]]'', directed by [[Matthew Michael Carnahan]] and based on the [[Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)|2016 Battle of Mosul]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/mosul-venice-review/5142537.article |title='Mosul': Venice Review |work=[[Screen Daily]] |first=Lee |last=Marshall |date=4 September 2019}}</ref> |
In 2017, he starred as Reda in [[Sofia Djama]]'s ''[[The Blessed (2017 film)|The Blessed]]''. For his performance in the film, he was one of the young actors shortlisted to compete for the [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]], but he did not get the nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2017 |title=Nekfeu présélectionné dans la catégorie "Meilleur espoir masculin" des César 2018 |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/mouv/nekfeu-preselectionne-dans-la-categorie-meilleur-espoir-masculin-des-cesar-2018-5451990 |website=[[Radio France]] |language=French}}</ref> Bessa kept working as a fishmonger in Marseille even after starring in ''The Blessed'' because he did not want to settle in Paris, where he didn't feel good and was wasting away.<ref name="premiere"/> In 2019, he played police officer Kawa in the Arabic-language American war film ''[[Mosul (2019 action film)|Mosul]]'', directed by [[Matthew Michael Carnahan]] and based on the [[Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)|2016 Battle of Mosul]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/mosul-venice-review/5142537.article |title='Mosul': Venice Review |work=[[Screen Daily]] |first=Lee |last=Marshall |date=4 September 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2020, he played mercenary Yaz Kahn in the American war film ''[[Extraction (2020 film)|Extraction]]'', directed by [[Sam Hargrave]].<ref name="sd51222" /> He reprised his role in the 2023 sequel, ''[[Extraction 2]]''.<ref name="sd51222" /> In 2021, he appeared as Abbas Naziri in 5 episodes of season 3 of the [[Amazon Prime Video]] series ''[[Hanna (TV series)|Hanna]]''.<ref name="africine"/> |
In 2020, he played mercenary Yaz Kahn in the American war film ''[[Extraction (2020 film)|Extraction]]'', directed by [[Sam Hargrave]].<ref name="sd51222" /> He reprised his role in the 2023 sequel, ''[[Extraction 2]]''.<ref name="sd51222" /> In 2021, he appeared as Abbas Naziri in 5 episodes of season 3 of the [[Amazon Prime Video]] series ''[[Hanna (TV series)|Hanna]]''.<ref name="africine"/> |
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In 2022, he starred in three films: ''Azuro'' directed by Matthieu Rozé;<ref name="africine"/> ''Le Prix du passage'' directed by Thierry Binisti;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Prix du passage |url=https://filmfrancophone.fr/fr/programmation/les-avant-premieres/le-prix-du-passage |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=[[Angoulême Francophone Film Festival|Film Francophone d’Angoulême]]}}</ref> and the drama ''[[Harka (film)|Harka]]'' directed by Lotfy Nathan, for which he won the [[Un Certain Regard|Un Certain Regard Award for Best Performance]] at the [[2022 Cannes Film Festival]] for his performance as Ali Hamdi,<ref name="cannes2022">{{Cite web |date=28 May 2022 |title=Adam Bessa awarded Best Performance Prize at Cannes' Un Certain Regard |url=https://www.tap.info.tn/en/Portal-Culture-and-Media/15239128-adam-bessa-awarded |website=[[Tunis Afrique Presse|Agence Tunis Afrique Presse]]}}</ref> and was named as one of the Revelations of 2022 and pre-selected to compete for the [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leffler |first=Rebecca |date=17 November 2022 |title= |
In 2022, he starred in three films: ''Azuro'' directed by Matthieu Rozé;<ref name="africine"/> ''Le Prix du passage'' directed by Thierry Binisti;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Prix du passage |url=https://filmfrancophone.fr/fr/programmation/les-avant-premieres/le-prix-du-passage |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=[[Angoulême Francophone Film Festival|Film Francophone d’Angoulême]]|date=13 June 2018 }}</ref> and the drama ''[[Harka (film)|Harka]]'' directed by Lotfy Nathan, for which he won the [[Un Certain Regard|Un Certain Regard Award for Best Performance]] at the [[2022 Cannes Film Festival]] for his performance as Ali Hamdi,<ref name="cannes2022">{{Cite web |date=28 May 2022 |title=Adam Bessa awarded Best Performance Prize at Cannes' Un Certain Regard |url=https://www.tap.info.tn/en/Portal-Culture-and-Media/15239128-adam-bessa-awarded |website=[[Tunis Afrique Presse|Agence Tunis Afrique Presse]]}}</ref> and was named as one of the Revelations of 2022 and pre-selected to compete for the [[César Award for Most Promising Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leffler |first=Rebecca |date=17 November 2022 |title=France's Cesars reveals Revelations line-up of rising stars |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/frances-cesars-reveals-revelations-line-up-of-rising-stars/5176604.article |website=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref> |
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Bessa will next star in [[Meryam Joobeur]]'s ''[[Who Do I Belong To]] (Mé el Aïn)'', a film about a mother and daughter in an isolated Tunisian village.<ref name="sd51222" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavallée |first=Eric |date=20 June 2022 |title=A Bond That Breaks: Meryam |
Bessa will next star in [[Meryam Joobeur]]'s ''[[Who Do I Belong To]] (Mé el Aïn)'', a film about a mother and daughter in an isolated Tunisian village.<ref name="sd51222" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavallée |first=Eric |date=20 June 2022 |title=A Bond That Breaks: Meryam Joobeur's "Motherhood" Readying For Festival Launch in '23 |url=https://www.ioncinema.com/news/foreign-film-news/meryam-joobeur-motherhood-2023 |website=Ioncinema}}</ref> |
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Born | 1992 (age 31–32) |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Adam Bessa (born 1992) is a French-Tunisian actor,[2][3] known for his roles in French and Hollywood productions such as Reda in The Blessed (2017), Kawa in Mosul (2019), soldier Yaz Kahn in Extraction (2020) and its 2023 sequel, and Abbas Naziri in the Amazon Prime Video series Hanna. For his performance in Harka (2022), he won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Performance at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Biography
[edit]Bessa was born in Grasse,[1] France in 1992,[2] to an Italian-Tunisian mother and a Tunisian father.[4] Bessa speaks French, Arabic, English and Italian.[5]
Bessa decided to quit law school and pursue his long-standing passion for cinema. He bought a few books on acting and started to teach himself.[2] He studied at Jean Périmony,[6] a theatre school in Paris from 2011 to 2012,[5] but he didn't like the experience.[7] What he proposed in the exercises was too "cinematic", and he was told that he showed too little and wasn't expressive enough, so he quit and went back to Marseille to work as a real estate agent and then as a fishmonger, his other passion.[7] Some time later, a friend asked him to star in a short film.[7] He made his film debut in 2010 in Le Rapport Homme Femme, directed by Olivier André.[5] In 2013, he appeared in Les Mouettes by Claire Fontecave.[8] In 2015, he played Jason in the romantic thriller Of Sound Mind, directed by Simon G. Mueller.[9]
In 2017, he starred as Reda in Sofia Djama's The Blessed. For his performance in the film, he was one of the young actors shortlisted to compete for the César Award for Most Promising Actor, but he did not get the nomination.[10] Bessa kept working as a fishmonger in Marseille even after starring in The Blessed because he did not want to settle in Paris, where he didn't feel good and was wasting away.[7] In 2019, he played police officer Kawa in the Arabic-language American war film Mosul, directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan and based on the 2016 Battle of Mosul.[11]
In 2020, he played mercenary Yaz Kahn in the American war film Extraction, directed by Sam Hargrave.[2] He reprised his role in the 2023 sequel, Extraction 2.[2] In 2021, he appeared as Abbas Naziri in 5 episodes of season 3 of the Amazon Prime Video series Hanna.[5]
In 2022, he starred in three films: Azuro directed by Matthieu Rozé;[5] Le Prix du passage directed by Thierry Binisti;[12] and the drama Harka directed by Lotfy Nathan, for which he won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Performance at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Ali Hamdi,[13] and was named as one of the Revelations of 2022 and pre-selected to compete for the César Award for Most Promising Actor.[14]
Bessa will next star in Meryam Joobeur's Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn), a film about a mother and daughter in an isolated Tunisian village.[2][15]
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Director |
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2010 | Le Rapport Homme Femme | Olivier André | |
2013 | Les Mouettes | Claire Fontecave | |
2015 | Of Sound Mind | Jason | Simon G. Mueller |
2017 | The Blessed | Reda | Sofia Djama |
2019 | Mosul | Kawa | Matthew Michael Carnahan |
2020 | Extraction | Yaz Kahn | Sam Hargrave |
2021 | Haute Couture | Abdel | Sylvie Ohayon |
2022 | Azuro | Kosta | Matthieu Rozé |
Harka | Ali Hamdi | Lotfy Nathan | |
Le Prix du passage | Walid | Thierry Binisti | |
2023 | Extraction 2 | Yaz Kahn | Sam Hargrave |
2024 | Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn) | Bilal | Meryam Joobeur |
Short films
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Director |
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2014 | La Stravaganza | Louis | Vanya Chokrollahi |
2015 | Elles s'appellent toutes Marie | The musician | James Down |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Josephine, Guardian Angel | Bilal Bouazid | TV series; 1 episode |
2020 | Amours solitaires | Simon | Web-series, 1 episode |
2021 | Hanna | Abbas Naziri | TV series, season 3, 5 episodes |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | César et Rosalie | Anne-Marie Philippe | Théâtre des déchargeurs | [5] |
2016 | Requiem Pour de Faux | Claire Fontecave | [5] |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award / Festival | Category | Work | Result | Ref(s) |
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2022 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard Award for Best Performance | Harka | Won | [13] |
Saint-Jean-de-Luz Film Festival | Best Male Performance | Won | [16] | ||
Red Sea International Film Festival | Best Actor | Won | [17] | ||
2023 | Lumières Award | Best Male Revelation | Nominated | [18] | |
Paris Film Critics Association | Best Young Actor | Nominated | [19] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Duponchel, Marilou (4 November 2022). "La trajectoire tourmentée d'Adam Bessa, l'acteur lumineux de "Harka"". Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
- ^ a b c d e f Aftab, Kaleem (5 December 2022). "Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Adam Bessa, actor (Tunisia)". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Adam Bessa". Alternative Agency (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Adam Bessa, star of Harka, is building a diverse career". The Australian. 14 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Adam Bessa". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ Leroy, Joséphine (27 October 2022). "[LE NOUVEAU] Adam Bessa, intense révélation de " Harka "". Trois Couleurs (in French).
- ^ a b c d Cheze, Thierry (5 November 2022). "Adam Bessa : " Harka m'a reconnecté à la Tunisie "". Première (in French).
- ^ "30es Rencontres Cinématographiques de Cannes" (PDF). cannes-cinema.com (in French). 27 November 2017. p. 46.
- ^ "Of Sound Mind". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Nekfeu présélectionné dans la catégorie "Meilleur espoir masculin" des César 2018". Radio France (in French). 15 November 2017.
- ^ Marshall, Lee (4 September 2019). "'Mosul': Venice Review". Screen Daily.
- ^ "Le Prix du passage". Film Francophone d’Angoulême. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Adam Bessa awarded Best Performance Prize at Cannes' Un Certain Regard". Agence Tunis Afrique Presse. 28 May 2022.
- ^ Leffler, Rebecca (17 November 2022). "France's Cesars reveals Revelations line-up of rising stars". Screen Daily.
- ^ Lavallée, Eric (20 June 2022). "A Bond That Breaks: Meryam Joobeur's "Motherhood" Readying For Festival Launch in '23". Ioncinema.
- ^ "Le Palmarès 2022". Festival International du Film de Saint-Jean-de-Luz (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (8 December 2022). "Red Sea Film Festival Winners: 'Hanging Gardens' By Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji Takes Best Film Award". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Baronnet, Brigitte (15 December 2022). "Nominations Prix Lumières 2023 : La Nuit du 12 part en tête". AlloCiné (in French).
- ^ "Nominations 2023 | Paris Film Critics Association". Paris Film Critics Association. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- Adam Bessa at IMDb
- Adam Bessa at Rotten Tomatoes
- Adam Bessa on UniFrance
- Adam Bessa on AlloCiné
- Adam Bessa on Cineuropa