2026

Morocco / France

94 minutes - DCP - 16/9 - Color

Original language : French / Arabic

Cast

Marie – Sara Giraudeau

Mehdi – Driss Ramdi

Selma – Nadia Kounda

Clotilde – Carole Bouquet

Bernard – Olivier Rabourdin

Wafae – Soumaya Akaaboune

Farid – Amine Ennaji

Credits

Screenplay – Meryem Benm’Barek, Fyzal Boulifa with the collaboration of Emma Benestan, Agnès Feuvre

Director  – Meryem Benm’Barek

Producers – Jean Bréhat (Tessalit productions, France), Emma Binet (Furyo films, France)

Co producers – Souad Lamriki (Agora films, Maroc), Olivier Dubois (Novak prod, Belgique), Tristan Goligher (The bureau, UK), Hugo Sélignac (Chi-fou-mi productions, France)

Score – Jim Williams

Image – Son Doan

Editin,g – Christel Dewynter

Sound - Fabrice Osinski, Jeremy Hassid, Julien Perez

Casting – Hossein Sabir

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a film by :Meryem Benm'Barek

In Tangier, Mehdi's relationship with Selma is shaken when he meets Marie, a wealthy French girl whose parents have bought a luxurious villa in the casbah. Drawn to her glamorous lifestyle, he neglects Selma, pretending not to see that his choices will catch up with him.

French Synopsis :

A Tanger, Mehdi voit sa relation avec Selma bouleversée lorsqu’il rencontre Marie, une riche Française dont les parents ont acheté une luxueuse villa dans la kasbah. Attiré par sa vie mondaine, il délaisse Selma, feignant d’ignorer que ses choix le rattraperont.

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