Synopsis
Casablanca, city of contrast, a modern and archaic city. Kamel, a
contract killer, receives his orders by internet. He usually calls Souad
to make love after his hits and, each time, Kenza answers the phone.
She is a traffic policewoman. Kamel soon finds himself falling in love
with her voice and tries to find her. She in turn falls in love with his
face without knowing his voice. Everything gets entangled when Hicham, a
professional hacker who dreams of going to Europe, accidentally
infiltrates Kamel’s orders.
Faouzi Bensaidi
studied theatre in Rabat and acting in Paris, then directed several
award-winning short films and co-wrote André Téchiné’s latest movie,
„Loin”. His feature film debut, „A Thousand Months” (2003), won numerous
prizes, including two awards at the Cannes Film Festival (Award of the
Youth & Le Premier Regard Award).
Project Details
Director: Faouzi Bensaidi
Script: Faouzi Bensaidi
Script: Faouzi Bensaidi
D.o.P.: Gordon Spooner
Cast: Faouzi Bensaidi, Nezha Rahil, El Mahdi Alaaroubi, Hajar Masdouki, Fatima Atiff
Distributor: www.kairosfilm.de
World sales: www.filmsdulosange.fr
A co-production by Heimatfilm (Bettina Brokemper & Johannes
Rexin, Germany), Gloria Films (Laurent Lavolé, France) and Agora Films
(Souad Lamriki, Morocco).
Support by Centre National de la
Cinématographie, Centre Cinématographique Marocain and Filmstiftung NRW.
Festivals
IFF Rotterdam 2007 - Section Time & Tide Prix de la reconnaissance de l’expression artistique