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Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she’s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave – but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point.

Country:
, Maroko France, Belgium, Morocco, 2022
Genre:
Drama
Group:
Main Competition
Duration:
110’
Director:
Fyzal Boulifa
Screenplay:
Fyzal Boulifa
Cast:
Aïcha Tebbae, Abdellah El Hajjouji, Antoine Reinartz, Moustapha Mokafih, Walid Chaibi, Sawsen Kotbi…
Festivals:
2022 – Venecija, London, Stokholm, Marakeš, Bordo / Venice Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Marrakesh International Film Festival, Festival international du film indépendant de Bordeaux 2023 – Palm Springs / Palm Springs International Film Festival
Cinematography:
Caroline Champetier
Editing:
François Quiqueré
Music:
Nadah El Shazly
Producers:
Gary Farkas, Clément Lepoutre, Olivier Muller
Production:
Vixens Production, Frakas Productions, Kasbah Films, BBC Films
Filmography:

2022 Les damnés ne pleurent pas / The Damned Don't Cry / Prokleti ne plaču
2019 Lynn + Lucy
2015 Rate Me (Short)
2012 The Curse (Short)
2010 Burn My Body (Short)
2009 Coming Back (Short)
2008 Whore (Short)
Awards:
2022 - Bordo - najbolja originalna muzika / Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux - Best Music (Nadah El Shazly)
2023 - Palm Spring - Veliko priznanje žirija programa “Novi glasovi” / Palm Springs International Film Festival - New Visions Grand Jury Prize
 

Showing

25. Feb

Time: 17:00
Price: 500 RSD
MTS dvorana, Hall 1

26. Feb

Time: 10:00
Price: 300 RSD
MTS dvorana, Hall 1

FYZAL BOULIFA

Fyzal Boulifa is a writer-director based between Paris, London, and Tangier. He learned cinema by watching and shooting as many films as he could. His short films The Curse (2012) and Rate Me (2015) won awards in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Festival de Cannes and The Curse (2012) been nominated for BAFTAs. He directed his first feature-length film, Lynn+Lucy (2019), for which he was nominated for a Debut Director Award at the British Independent Film Awards. The film had its premiere in the San Sebastián International Film Festival and won awards from festivals in Macao, Marrakech, Les Arcs, and Vilnius.

 

Reveiws:

Asking tough questions about society and morality without easy answers or neat conclusions.

Adam Solomons, IndieWire

 

An intimate, poignant and even tragic study of a mother-son relationship.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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