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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Karim Dridi
Sami Bouajila
Nozha Khouadra
Ouassini Embarek
Philippe Ambrosini
Frederic Andrau
Film Details
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Synopsis
After a bitter family crisis, Ismael, the French-born son of North-African immigrants heads south from Paris with his 14 year-old brother, Mouloud, to Marseilles' Panier District, a warren of shadowed streets and secrets. Warmly welcomed by his stressed-out uncle, feisty aunt, and their large family, Ismael gets work on the docks, and despite troubling visions of the past, makes friends with one of the white men at work, and quickly settles in. Mouloud is taken under the wing of his teenaged cousin Rhida, whose dabblings as a drug dealer introduce him to a terrifying world of violence. Their aunt tries to offer guidance to the boys, but problems start crashing in from all sides. Refusing to join his parents who've returned abruptly to Tunisia, Mouloud hides out with a brutal crack dealer. While searching desperately for Mouloud, Ismael gets caught up in the racism that surrounds him, and complicates matters when he becomes involved with his best friend's beautiful Arab girlfriend.
Director
Karim Dridi
Cast
Sami Bouajila
Nozha Khouadra
Ouassini Embarek
Philippe Ambrosini
Frederic Andrau
Sofiane Mammeri
Moussa Maaskri
Jamila Darwich-farah
Benhaissa Ahouari
Andre Neyton
Marie Borowski
Emmanuel-georges Delajoie
Jimmy Oihid
Bernard Llopis
Christian Mazucchini
Christian Carnus
Bakhta Tayeb
Farida Melaab
Ainna Melaab
Crew
Lise Beaulieu
Gilles Bontemps
Christophe Delmas
Karim Dridi
Jean Gargonne
Laurent Lafran
John Mathieson
F K Nicolas
Jimmy Oihid
Muriel Paradis
Alain Rozanes
Steve Shehan
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Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States May 1995
Released in United States November 1995
Released in United States on Video July 22, 1997
Released in United States September 1995
Released in United States Summer July 19, 1996
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 17-28, 1995.
Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.
Shown at New Directors/New Films (Opening Night) in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 24 - February 4, 1996.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 1995.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 29 - October 15, 1995.
Second film for Karim Dridi who marked his feature directorial debut with "Pigalle" (France/1994). Dridi was born in France in 1961. Between 1982 and 1985 he designed sets for fifteen short films. Since then his own short films have won prizes at several international film festivals.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 29 - October 15, 1995.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at New Directors/New Films (Opening Night) in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 24 - February 4, 1996.)
Released in United States May 1995 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 17-28, 1995.)
Released in United States Summer July 19, 1996
Released in United States on Video July 22, 1997
Released in United States September 1995 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 1995.)
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.)
