A film by Faouzi Bensaïdi, Drama, 123 min, Color
FR/GER/BE/MAR
Production: Barney Production, NiKo Film, Entre Chien et Loup, Mont Fleuri Production
Commissioning Editors: ZDF/Arte Holger Stern, Birgit Kämper
Funded by: Eurimages, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée und Filmförderungsanstalt ( Minitraité), Aide aux cinémas du monde (CNC), Institut français, in Zusammenarbeit mit ZDF / ARTE, Tax Shelter via Belga Films Fund, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, nordmedia- Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH, Fonds d’aide à la production cinématographique nationale du Maroc, Fonds Image de la Francophonie, AFAC – The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
World sales: Urban Sales
SYNOPSIS
Mehdi & Hamid work for a collection agency in Casablanca.
Prisoners of their own wandering, the two gawky associates visit remote villages of the great South of Morocco in order to get money out of indebted people.
CAST
Fehd BENCHEMSI (Mehdi), Abdelhadi TALEB (Hamid), Rabii BENJHAIL TADLAOUI (Der Entflohene), Hajar GRAIGAA (Hadda / Selma)
CREW
Producers | Saïd Hamich, Nicole Gerhards, Sébastien Delloye |
Written & Directed by | Faouzi Bensaïdi |
DoP | Florian Berutti |
Sound | Patrice Mendez |
Production Design | Véronique Sacrez |
Costume Design | Capucine Landreau |
Make up Artist | Dörte Dobkowitz |
Editor | Véronique Sacrez, Faouzi Bensaïdi |
Dialogue editor | Kai Storck |
Composer | Masha Kashyna & Stefan Littmann |
Festivals & Awards
Cannes International Film Festival - Director's Fortnight - World Premiere
Hamburg International Film Festival - German Premiere
Press
International Cinephile Society
"A project like this can only be the work of a director as audacious and provocative as Faouzi Bensaïdi, who has grown to be one of the most impactful voices in contemporary African cinema."