the film 'julie'

The Made in Mauritius & patriotic film “JULIE” obtained a great success at its release. It features more than 150 artists, both from Mauritius & Rodrigues. “JULIE”, being a very entertaining film for the general public, has been received by viewers of all ages with great enthusiasm and more than 30 schools have already sent their students to watch the film. 

It is worth noting that the film has been projected to dozens of schools/NGOs every year since its release in 2013 until the Covid 19 pandemic broke out,  hence making of the film a sleeper hit for 7 years.

Furthermore, it has been described by many reporters (press, radio & TV) & the Council of Religions as a wonderful film that must be seen by all citizens of Mauritius & Rodrigues. This due to its powerful messages against war & promoting the existing peace and harmony among the people of different cultures of our country. The film has indeed great educational potential to socialize the public, especially the younger generations, into responsible citizens of tomorrow.

For “JULIE”, Dany Adjodhya, the Producer & Film Director,  with the help of his team, converted  more than 20,000 sq ft of industrial buildings at Phoenix Industrial Zone into shooting studios for scenes requiring african bars, abandoned warehouses, sniper hiding spots, etc. Parking zones were converted into an african village set. CMT’s parking (under construction at that time) was even converted into a battlefield covered with dead bodies. War scenes were filmed on another textile factory’s dormitories yard immersed in smoke.

The film sound was entirely edited/produced in a sound studio he himself designed & built with the help of his team. This included all the foley sound effects (footsteps, opening doors, gunshots, etc) as well as the entire film’s perfect voice dubbing. Almost no sound from the shooting was used to meet international standards.

The film music was entirely composed in the studio by young talented music artists & all the CGI Visual Effects (sparks, gun muzzle flash, etc) were carried out by local Adobe After Effects experts under his supervision.

Dany Adjodhya had to direct film crews of more than 50 artists for some specific scenes. For the film production, he had to deal with more than 150 artists including technicians, actors, musicians, etc.