Synopsis
Ayman and Bilel are street peddlers who trick women abroad with Western Union scams. Bilel is worried as Ayman is scamming the wrong sister. Despite his friend’s warnings and a mysterious call to prayer from above, Ayman is going down a dead-end road.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Tchik Tchik Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Adèle Galliot, Florian Séjourné
- Screenwriter : Hekuran Isufi
- Director of photography : Sirine Yahiaoui
- Music Composer : Valentin Breton
- Editor : Émile Marzbani
- Sound recordist : Tiphaine Depret
- Author of original work : Molière
- Assistant Operator : Valentin Breton
- Production managers : Adèle Galliot, Florian Séjourné
- Sound editor : Tiphaine Depret
- Grader : Valentin Breton
- Sound mixer : Tiphaine Depret
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Thriller, Legend
- Themes : Religion, Immigration, Fraud
- Production language : Arabic, French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 15 min 2 seconds
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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