Death for Sale
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Feature Film | Belgium, France, Morocco | 2011 |
117 min.
Tetouan, a Moroccan port city permanently under a low, heavy sky. Three friends, small time crooks, plan a robbery to escape from a hopeless future. Malik, unemployed and madly in love with Dounia, is in on the heist to create a new life for them. Allal is the tough guy needing cash to be a player in the local drug trade. Soufiane is the youngest, drifting out of school and looking for direction. When the plan falls apart, the three friends must face their own, separate destinies, alone. Mature audiences. Osian’s Cinefan Best Director Asian and Arab Competition, Berlinale CICAE Panorama Award. 2012 Arab Film Festival Award, Outstanding Feature Film.
Co-Presented by Levantine Cultural Center (www.levantinecenter.org), and by the French Film and TV Office (www.frenchculture.org )
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