The Departure
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)
Actors (9)
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)
Selections (19)
Awards (4)
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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