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DESERTS
DÉSERTS
FAOUZI BENSAÏDI
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DESERTS
DÉSERTS
FAOUZI BENSAÏDI
Country
MOROCCO
language
ARABIC
2023 year
125 Minutes

SCHEDULE

02.03.2024 / 04:50 PM/ Audi 4 PVR INOX ORION MALL
06.03.2024 / 02:45 PM/ Audi 7 PVR INOX ORION MALL

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 parked 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.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi, Nicole Gerhards, Sébastien Delloye
Screenplay: Faouzi Bensaïdi
Director of Photography: Florian Berutti
Editor: Faouzi Bensaïdi, Véronique Lange
Music: Masha Kashyna, Stefan Littmann
Sound: Patrice Mendez, Abderrazak Amouzoune, Luc Thomas
Cast: Fehd Benchemsi, Abdelhadi Talbi, Hajar Graigaa, Rabii Benjhaile
Awards - Winner: Mostra de València-Cinema del Mediterrani (Best Director, Best Actor)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Cannes FF (Director's Fortnight), Melbourne IFF (Official Selection)
Director's Biography
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FAOUZI BENSAÏDI

A theater director and actor, Faouzi Bensaïdi directed his first multi-awarded short film, THE CLIFF, in 1997. Then he co-wrote FAR with André Téchiné. In 2000, he directed two short films: LE MUR, presented at the Directors’ Fortnight, and THE RAIN LINE, awarded at the Venice Film Festival. His first feature, A THOUSAND MONTHS, received two awards at Un Certain Regard. Then WWW - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD and DEATH FOR SALE were awarded at the Berlinale.