Synopsis
A multi-faceted portrait of Casablanca drawn from the intersecting paths of three inhabitants: a bookseller thrown into agonies of self-doubt by the arrival of an unexpected letter, a young schoolmistress whose application for a passport sparks off an administrative goose chase, and a schoolboy who becomes the tragic victim of a set-up due to a misunderstanding with his Islamic fundamentalist schoolteacher. The ups and downs of these three lives paint a complex and ambiguous portrait of one of North Africa's great cities at the turn of the millennium.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Arcadia Films
- Co-production : POM Films
- Foreign production company : Ecrans du Maroc
- French distribution : POM Films
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Freddy Denaës
- Adaptation : Abdelkader Lagtaâ
- Sound Recordist : Gilles Corbeil
- Director of Photography : Michel La veaux
- Press Attaché (film) : Patricia Clément
- Editor : Marine Deleu
- Production Designer : Suzanne Cloutier
- Music Composer : Robert Marcel Lepage
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Morocco, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Morocco, France)
- Production year : 1999
- French release : 02/06/1999
- Runtime : 1 h 27 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 92.581
- Visa issue date : 01/07/1999
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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News & awards
Selections (1)
Berlin - Youth Film Forum
Germany, 1999
Feature Film Forum
About
"I don't make movies to combat ideas. That's not my main aim. I tell a story and try, above all, to record my environment. I live in this environment and I realize that it is becoming more and more polluted. It's fair to say that every person needs a certain quality of life, and that's the sphere that I work in. I feel the need to stand up for freedom of speech, tolerance, acknowledgment and respect for other people."
(Abdelkader Lagtaâ, Director)
