Déserts

Quinzaine 2023 Feature film | 124 min

World premiere

In their wrinkled suits and ties, two petty crooks, Mehdi and Hamid, drive around southern Morocco in their car. Their mission: to recover a backlog of loans for their agency that have not been repaid by villagers overwhelmed by poverty and drought. Here comedy meets road movie and the film even veers into western territory when the two jaded mercenaries, under pressure themselves, cross paths with a highwayman.

Director

Faouzi Bensaïdi

A theater director and actor, Faouzi Bensaïdi directed his first multi-awarded short film, The Cliff, in 1997. Then he co-wrote Far with André Téchiné. In 2000, he directed two short films: Le Mur, presented at the Directors’ Fortnight, and The Rain Line, awarded at the Venice Film Festival. His first feature, A Thousand Months, received two awards at Un Certain Regard. Then WWW - What a Wonderful World and Death for Sale have been awarded at the Berlinale.

Actors

Fehd Benchemsi (Mehdi), Abdelhadi Taleb (Hamid), Rabii Benjhaile (L'évadé)

Team

Screenplay
Faouzi Bensaïdi

Photography
Florian Berruti

Sound
Patrice Mendez, Luc Thomas

Production design
Véronique Sacrez

Editing
Véronique Lange, Faouzi Bensaïdi

production
Barney Production (France)
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
contact@barneyproduction.com
www.barneyproduction.com

coproduction
Niko Film (Germany)
Nicole Gerhards
+49 30 27582836
info@nikofilm.de
www.nikofilm.de

Entre Chien et Loup (Belgium)
Sébastien Delloye
+32 2 736 48 13
info@entrechienetloup.be
www.entre-chien-et-loup.be

Mont Fleuri Production (Morocco)
contact@montfleuriproduction.com
www.montfleuriproduction.com

foreign sales
Urban Distribution International
+33 7 62 99 49 19
sales@urbangroup.biz
www.urbandistrib.com

Screenings in Cannes

Théâtre Croisette - 05/18/2023 8.30am

Théâtre Croisette - 05/18/2023 5.30pm

Cinéma Le Raimu - 05/19/2023 10.00am

Cinéma La Licorne - 05/19/2023 2.00pm

Cinéma Les Arcades / Salle 1 - 05/19/2023 10.45pm

Cinéma Alexandre III - 05/21/2023 11.30am

Théâtre Croisette - 05/26/2023 à 8pm

Album Déserts

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