Découvrir July – August 2014

Dates: 07 July – 13 July 2014
Time: 07:00 pm
Venue: French Gallery
UN HOMME QUI CRIE
(A SCREAMING MAN) [2010]
By Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Genre: Drama Runtime: 92 mins
07 JULY
Synopsis: A Screaming Man is a 2010 French-
Chadian drama film by Mahamat Saleh
Haroun, starring Youssouf Djaoro and Diouc
Koma. It revolves around the current civil war
in Chad, and tells the story of a man who sends
his son to war in order to regain his position at an upscale hotel. Themes of fatherhood and
the culture of war are explored. Principal photography took place on location in N’Djamena
and Abéché. The film won the Jury Prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
SUR LA PLANCHE
(ON THE EDGE) [2010]
By Leila Kilani
Genre: Drama Runtime: 106 mins
08 JULY
Synopsis: In Tangier’s old town, two young
Casablancan girls live their lives among the
army of workers who inhabit the city. Peeling
shrimps by day and working as sex workers by
night, the girls make extra money by fencing
meager goods stolen from their clients. Beyond Tangier lies the “Free Zone,” a symbol for
global world-subcontracting. It is Europe on Moroccan land, on African land: close, tangible,
yet accessible only to those with a work permit. They become friends with two other girls
who work in the Free Zone and together explore every corner of this new space nonstop,
from dusk to dawn.
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