Deserts

A Feature film of

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Produced by

Barney Production

Production year2023

French release20/09/2023

Runtime

2h 5m

Synopsis

Longtime friends Mehdi and Hamid work for a debt collection agency. To punish them for their poor performance, their management sends them into the suffocating Moroccan Sahara to track down some bad payers.
One day, in a gas station in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A threatening man is handcuffed to the luggage rack.
This is the Fugitive. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey…

Credits

Director (1)

Faouzi Bensaïdi
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Actors (4)

Fehd Benchemsi

Abdelhadi Talbi

Hajar Graigaa

Rabii Benjhaile

Production and distribution (4)

Executive Producer : Barney Production

Foreign production companies : NiKo Film, Entre Chien et Loup, Mont Fleuri Production

Film exports/foreign sales : Urban Sales

French distribution : Dulac Distribution

Full credits (7)

Executive Producer : Saïd Hamich Benlarbi

Director of Photography : Florian Berutti

Editors : Véronique Lange, Faouzi Bensaïdi

Sound recordists : Patrice Mendez, Abderrazak Amouzoune, Luc Thomas

Foreign producers : Nicole Gerhards, Sébastien Delloye

Press Attaché (film) : Karine Durance

Production Designer : Véronique Sacrez

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12 SEPTEMBER 2023

Trailer (French subs)

09 NOVEMBER 2023

Cannes 2023: Meet Director Faouzi Bensaïdi & actor Fehd Benchemsi who talk about ‘Deserts’

Director Faouzi Bensaïdi & actor Fehd Benchemsi talk about the film ‘Deserts’ (‘Déserts’) presented at the Directors’ Fortnight at @festivaldecannes 💫

Longtime friends Mehdi and Hamid work for a debt collection agency. To punish them for their poor performance, their management sends them into the suffocating Moroccan Sahara to track down some bad payers.
One day, in a gas station in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A threatening man is handcuffed to the luggage rack.
This is the Fugitive. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey…

#Quinzaine2023 #quizaine Quinzaine des Cinéastes
#cannes #cannes2023 #morocco #roadtrip #desert #mystical #Faouzibensaidi

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Technical details

Type : Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : Wandering
Production language : Arabic
Coproducer countries : France (38.92%), Germany (29.07%), Morocco (22.0%), Belgium (10.01%)
Original French-language productions : No
Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany, Morocco, Belgium)
Production year : 2023
French release : 20/09/2023
Runtime : 2 h 5 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 155.221
Visa issue date : 12/09/2023
Approval : Yes
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 2.39
Rating restrictions : None