Synopsis
Catherine, a single French woman, arrives in the Marrakech countryside to finalize the purchase of a luxurious villa with a swimming pool. But when she visits the house, she suddenly withdraws her offer. When she accepts the proposition of Ali, the Morrocan taxi driver who drove her to the house, to pretend to be her real estate agent, a very different journey opens up to her.
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Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Capia
- Co-production : Back In Town
- Foreign production company : Awman Productions
Full credits (21)
- Executive Producer : Isabelle Marolleau
- Screenwriter : Patrice Cordonnier
- Director of Photography : Tarik Rebeihi
- Music Composer : Dimitri Guindet
- Assistant director : Amina Saadi
- Editors : Marion Lefeuvre, Yannick Grassi
- Sound Recordist : Anis Berjamy
- Costume designer : Meriem Belghiti
- Foreign Producer : Mohamed Nadif
- Line Producer : Mohamed Nadif
- Voice-overs : Élise Liebreich, Aponi Valletoux, My-lan Valletoux
- Co-producers : Stéphanie Dronne, Isabel Segovia
- Assistant Operator : Céline Croze
- Camera Operator : Tarik Rebeihi
- Production manager : Rachida Saadi
- Sound Editor : Maxime Libert
- Continuity supervisor : Barbara Chayoux
- Production Designer : Salwa Tamim
- Special Effects : Denis Lefdup
- Make-up Artist : Bouchra Sakhi
- Sound Mixer : Maxime Libert
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Travel, Identity, Encounters
- Production language : French, Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Morocco
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Morocco)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 28 min 3 seconds
- Visa number : 144.408
- Visa issue date : 23/05/2016
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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