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Morocco / France - 2019
Four kids have fun at frightening one another and decide to go explore a condemned -probably haunted- house. One of them disappears in mysterious circumstances. The three survivors try to forget, until Samir reappears 25 years later. The group will eventually have to confront with the past.
Achoura
Morocco / France - 2019
Directing by: Talal Selhami
Writing: Talal Selhami, Jawad Lahlou, David Villemin
Cinematography: Mathieu De Montgrand
Music: Romain Paillot
Produced by: Talal Selhami, Lamia Chraïbi
Cast: Sofia Manousha, Younes Bouab, Omar Lotfi, Ivan Gonzalez…
International sales: Orange Studio
Language : French and Arabic // Subtitles : English and french
Writing: Talal Selhami, Jawad Lahlou, David Villemin
Cinematography: Mathieu De Montgrand
Music: Romain Paillot
Produced by: Talal Selhami, Lamia Chraïbi
Cast: Sofia Manousha, Younes Bouab, Omar Lotfi, Ivan Gonzalez…
International sales: Orange Studio
Legally restricted to persons over 12
Lenght : 90 min // Ratio : 2.35 // Format : dcpLanguage : French and Arabic // Subtitles : English and french
Four kids have fun at frightening one another and decide to go explore a condemned -probably haunted- house. One of them disappears in mysterious circumstances. The three survivors try to forget, until Samir reappears 25 years later. The group will eventually have to confront with the past.
Talal Selhami's second feature film after the lauded Mirages (2010) is caught in between childhood and adulthood and in between France and Morocco. Achoura operates an audacious synthesis of its many facets to better avoid expectations and reinvent the nostalgic aspect to focus on its emotional impact. To do this, the film proceeds with much humility, pampering its monsters in the form as much as its characters in the content.
Guest(s)
Talal Selhami, Director / Screenwriter
Romain Paillot, Musician
Sofiia Manousha, Actress
Iván González, Actor