A day after their wedding in the countryside of north-eastern Morocco, a
young bride, Zeinab, is left alone by her husband as he joins his countrymen
to work clandestinely in Europe. Zeinab discovers that she is pregnant. Not
wanting her baby to be born before her husband’s return, she prolongs her
pregnancy. Time passes. But her husband does not return...
Screenplay: Yasmine Kassari
Cinematography: Yorgos Arvanitis
Editing: Susana Rossberg
Music: Armand Amar, Koussan Achod
Sound: Henri Morelle
Cast: Rachida Brakni, Mounia Osfour, Fatna Abdessamie, Khamsa Abdessamie Nermine Elhaggar, Issa Abdessamie
Prizes and selections:
Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica
di Venezia 2004 (Orizzonti - CICAE Prize: Best
European Movie), Festival International du Film
Francophone Namur 2004 (Audience Award),
Fribourg International Film Festival 2005
(FIPRESCI Prize), Copenhagen International
Film Festival 2005 (Best Woman Director),
Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones
Barcelona 2005 (Best Film)
Production:
Les Films de la Drève
(Battice, T +32 87783595; F +32 87300274; dreve@skynet.be)
Les Coquelicots de l’Oriental
(Oujda, T +212 70495183; rabisis@hotmail.com)
Co-Production:
Agora Film
(Paris, T +33 153728586; agora@agorafilms.com;
www.agorafilms.com)
Entre Chien et Loup
(Bruxelles, T +32 27364813; F +32 27323383; fabian.hannaert@brutele.be; www.entrechienetloup.be)
ARTE France Cinema
(info@artefrance.com)
Distribution:
Les Films de la Drève
Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Cinema) - 13 Nov, 22.30