The Departure

A Short film of

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi

Produced by

Barney Production

Production year2020

Runtime24 min

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Synopsis

Morocco, 2004. Adil, aged 11, spends the summer playing with his friends and waiting for his idol, Olympic runner Hicham El Guerrouj, to compete in his last Games. The arrival of his father and older brother from France for a few days will mark him forever.

Credits

Director (1)

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
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Actors (9)

Ayman Rachdane

Fatima Attif

Youness El Khalfaoui

Ayman El Khalfaoui

Abderrazak El Hansaly

Jassim Lotfi

Abdelmajid Khadiri

Sami Fekkak

Élodie Ernon

Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Barney Production

Foreign production company : Mont Fleuri Production

Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts

Full credits (13)

Executive Producer : Sophie Penson

Screenwriter : Saïd Hamich Benlarbi

Director of photography : Marine Atlan

Music Composer : Vitor Araújo

Assistant Director : Stéphane Chaput

Editor : Xavier Sirven

Sound Recordist : Hugo Deguillard

Costume designer : Amina Ouali Alami

Sound editor : Margot Testemale

Continuity supervisor : Joséphine Pittet

Production Designer : Younes Ezzaim

Grader : Laurent Navarri

Sound mixer : Fanny Weinzaepflen

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : Emigration, Childhood, Family
Production language : Arabic, French
Coproducer countries : France (80.0%), Morocco (20.0%)
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Majority French (France, Morocco)
Production year : 2020
Runtime : 24 min 52 seconds
Visa number : 152.990
Visa issue date : 09/12/2020
Production formats : HD
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Audio format : Dolby 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

News (7)

Recap of the 2021 Young French Cinema program and presentation of the 2022 event

07 FEBRUARY 2022

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UniFrance organizes the 4th Francophone Film Meetings in Africa

01 DECEMBER 2020

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Selections (19)

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2024
Carte blanche Topshot Films
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2022
Best Short Drama Film
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
The Netherlands, 2022
Programme spécial
Young French Cinema
United States, 2022
Sélection courts-métrages

Awards (4)

Festival du Film court en Plein air de Grenoble
France, 2021
Grand prix
Palm Springs International Shortfest
United States, 2021
Prix du public fiction
Hamburg (Mo & Friese) - International Children's Film Festival
Germany, 2021
ECFA Shortfilm Award Nomination
FIFF
Belgium, 2020
Prix de la mise en scène : Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
Prix de la meilleure photographie : Marine Atlan

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