Faouzi Bensaïdi

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Faouzi Bensaïdi, born 14 March 1967, is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film A THOUSAND MONTHS (2003) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 and 2009 he has taken part in the Arts in Marrakech Festival showing and discussing his films and installations. In 2011, his film DEATH FOR SALE premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

  • Title: Faouzi Bensaïdi
  • Popularity: 0.2194
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1967-03-14
  • Place of Birth: Meknès, Morocco
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  • Also Known As: فوزي بن السعيدي
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Faouzi Bensaïdi Movies

  • 2011
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    Death for Sale

    Death for Sale

    6.313 2011 HD

    In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.

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  • 2006
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    WWW: What a Wonderful World

    WWW: What a Wonderful World

    6.9 2006 HD

    Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his executions, he usually calls Souad, an occasional prostitute. But the phone is always answered by her friend Kenza, traffic officer and responsible for the largest roundabout in the city. Kamel soon falls in love with that voice and begins to seek her. Meanwhile, Hicham, a computer hacker, who dreams of emigrating to Europe, is infiltrated by chance in Kamel plans ...

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  • 2013
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    Goodbye Morocco

    Goodbye Morocco

    4.833 2013 HD

    Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be able to leave Morocco with her son, who she hardly ever sees since her divorce. The death of a worker disrupts her plan...

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  • 2023
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    My Dad is not Dead

    My Dad is not Dead

    1 2023 HD

    Malik and his father Mehdi live in a funfair where they work as handymen. Mehdi gives his son five special paintings. Curious Malik is dazzled by the beauty of these works. The next day, the two accidentally find themselves in the middle of a political rally. Mehdi is brutalized in front of Malik by two cops who accuse him of propaganda against the government. Later that night, the police burst into the funfair and arrested Mehdi. Shocked, Malik begins searching for his father with the help of the other showmen, finding answers in the paintings his father left behind.

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  • 2002
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    Wind Horse

    Wind Horse

    10 2002 HD

    Tahar is a retired blacksmith living with his son from his first marriage. After seeing his late second wife in a dream, he decides to visit her grave, in Azemmour. In the trip, he meets Driss who is going to Essaouira, looking for his mother whom he has never known after receiving a letter about her. The two men go to Marrakech together where Driss gets a combination motorbike that Tahar calls "wind horse". And they begin their journey together, first to Azemmour, then to Essaouira, looking for their past.

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  • 1997
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    Mektoub

    Mektoub

    5.7 1997 HD

    A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco.

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  • 2015
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    Dheepan

    Dheepan

    6.8 2015 HD

    Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.

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  • 2017
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    The Blessed

    The Blessed

    6.5 2017 HD

    Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in a restaurant. While on their way, their share their views on Algeria: Amal talks about lost illusions and Samir about the necessity to cope with them. At the same time, their son Fahim and his friends Feriel and Reda are wandering about in a hostile Algiers about to steal their youth.

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  • 2018
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    Sofia

    Sofia

    6.167 2018 HD

    Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds herself breaking the law by giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital gives her 24 hours to provide the father's papers before informing the authorities…

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  • 2001
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    Far Away

    Far Away

    5.542 2001 HD

    Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused to have anything to do with him since her mother’s death and intends to join her brother in Canada. Serge appeals to Sarah’s protector, a young Arab named Saïd, to allow him to meet up with Sarah, promising in return to smuggle Saïd into Europe...

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  • 2017
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    Volubilis

    Volubilis

    6.6 2017 HD

    Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down.

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  • 2000
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    Braids

    Braids

    1 2000 HD

    Amin is a teenage boy who lives with his two sisters, Kenza and Saida, in Tangier. Tragedy strikes when Saida is raped by the son of the man Kenza works for as a maid. The father threatens the girl not to press any charges against his son since he is running for elections.

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  • 2014
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    Saint Laurent

    Saint Laurent

    6.1 2014 HD

    1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.

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  • 2017
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    Lola Pater

    Lola Pater

    5.984 2017 HD

    When his mother dies, Zino decides to look for his father, Farid. But twenty-five years ago, Farid became Lola.

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  • 2019
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    It Must Be Heaven

    It Must Be Heaven

    6.5 2019 HD

    Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.

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  • 2003
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    A Thousand Months

    A Thousand Months

    5 2003 HD

    1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.

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  • 2023
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    Deserts

    Deserts

    6.667 2023 HD

    Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.

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  • 2023
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    Deserts

    Deserts

    6.667 2023 HD

    Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.

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  • 2011
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    Death for Sale

    Death for Sale

    6.313 2011 HD

    In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.

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  • 2011
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    Death for Sale

    Death for Sale

    6.313 2011 HD

    In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.

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  • 2006
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    WWW: What a Wonderful World

    WWW: What a Wonderful World

    6.9 2006 HD

    Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his executions, he usually calls Souad, an occasional prostitute. But the phone is always answered by her friend Kenza, traffic officer and responsible for the largest roundabout in the city. Kamel soon falls in love with that voice and begins to seek her. Meanwhile, Hicham, a computer hacker, who dreams of emigrating to Europe, is infiltrated by chance in Kamel plans ...

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  • 2003
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    A Thousand Months

    A Thousand Months

    5 2003 HD

    1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.

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  • 2003
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    A Thousand Months

    A Thousand Months

    5 2003 HD

    1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.

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  • 2023
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    Deserts

    Deserts

    6.667 2023 HD

    Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.

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  • 2022
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    Summer Days

    Summer Days

    1 2022 HD

    The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; increasingly, summer days fade into distant memory.

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  • 2022
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    Summer Days

    Summer Days

    1 2022 HD

    The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; increasingly, summer days fade into distant memory.

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  • 2022
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    Summer Days

    Summer Days

    1 2022 HD

    The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; increasingly, summer days fade into distant memory.

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  • 2019
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    Interdependence

    Interdependence

    5 2019 HD

    Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.

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  • 2019
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    Interdependence

    Interdependence

    5 2019 HD

    Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.

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  • 2006
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    WWW: What a Wonderful World

    WWW: What a Wonderful World

    6.9 2006 HD

    Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his executions, he usually calls Souad, an occasional prostitute. But the phone is always answered by her friend Kenza, traffic officer and responsible for the largest roundabout in the city. Kamel soon falls in love with that voice and begins to seek her. Meanwhile, Hicham, a computer hacker, who dreams of emigrating to Europe, is infiltrated by chance in Kamel plans ...

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  • 2024
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    Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?

    Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?

    1 2024 HD

    In the désert, a lone rider approaches at full gallop. His old tired horse is not convincing. Let's do the scene again. Still not convincing. What are we going to do with this horse?

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  • 2017
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    Volubilis

    Volubilis

    6.6 2017 HD

    Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down.

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  • 1999
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    The Cliff

    The Cliff

    5.5 1999 HD

    In a small village near a beach, Hakim and his little brother Saïd do odd jobs (whitewash a tomb, resell empty bottles).

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  • 2014
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    Short Plays

    Short Plays

    5.1 2014 HD

    Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.

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  • 2023
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    Deserts

    Deserts

    6.667 2023 HD

    Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.

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  • 2022
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    Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature

    Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature

    1 2022 HD

    Twelve international filmmakers create connections between humans and animals, through biodiversity, ecosystem, climate change, environment and water risks.

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  • 2022
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    Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature

    Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature

    1 2022 HD

    Twelve international filmmakers create connections between humans and animals, through biodiversity, ecosystem, climate change, environment and water risks.

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  • 1997
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    Mektoub

    Mektoub

    5.7 1997 HD

    A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco.

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  • 2000
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    The wall

    The wall

    1 2000 HD

    The brief and unending story of a wall and its encounters with man.

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  • 2000
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    The wall

    The wall

    1 2000 HD

    The brief and unending story of a wall and its encounters with man.

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  • 2001
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    Far Away

    Far Away

    5.542 2001 HD

    Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused to have anything to do with him since her mother’s death and intends to join her brother in Canada. Serge appeals to Sarah’s protector, a young Arab named Saïd, to allow him to meet up with Sarah, promising in return to smuggle Saïd into Europe...

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  • 2019
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    A Sunny Day

    A Sunny Day

    6 2019 HD

    Under the impacts of a changing climate, the world changes, it has already changed. In a distant and near future, both fantastic and absurd, men and wo-men survive as they can. Following a man, a slender figure between Tati and Buster Keaton, we discover through scenes of his daily life how devastating the effects of climate change are on humans and nature. How do we barricade against excessive heat or cold? How will it be to go to a supermarket, or a zoo filled with different animals and species? A disturbing and hilarious ride in the future, that is already our present.

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  • 2019
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    A Sunny Day

    A Sunny Day

    6 2019 HD

    Under the impacts of a changing climate, the world changes, it has already changed. In a distant and near future, both fantastic and absurd, men and wo-men survive as they can. Following a man, a slender figure between Tati and Buster Keaton, we discover through scenes of his daily life how devastating the effects of climate change are on humans and nature. How do we barricade against excessive heat or cold? How will it be to go to a supermarket, or a zoo filled with different animals and species? A disturbing and hilarious ride in the future, that is already our present.

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  • 2019
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    A Sunny Day

    A Sunny Day

    6 2019 HD

    Under the impacts of a changing climate, the world changes, it has already changed. In a distant and near future, both fantastic and absurd, men and wo-men survive as they can. Following a man, a slender figure between Tati and Buster Keaton, we discover through scenes of his daily life how devastating the effects of climate change are on humans and nature. How do we barricade against excessive heat or cold? How will it be to go to a supermarket, or a zoo filled with different animals and species? A disturbing and hilarious ride in the future, that is already our present.

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  • 2017
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    Volubilis

    Volubilis

    6.6 2017 HD

    Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down.

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  • 2017
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    Volubilis

    Volubilis

    6.6 2017 HD

    Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down.

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  • 2019
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    Interdependence

    Interdependence

    5 2019 HD

    Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.

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  • 2000
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    The Rain Line

    The Rain Line

    1 2000 HD

    A rainy night between Rabat and Casa; a young girl, her mother, and her father: characters in disarray seeking to reunite...

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