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Foto Mille mois Mille mois

Director: Faouzi Bensaïdi

MOROCCO, FRANCE, BELGIUM
2003, 35mm, colour, 124'
Vers: French


A deep exploration of the period of intellectual repression in the 80s, littleknown aspect of the history of Morocco. It takes place in a village in the heart of the Atlas Mountains on the first day of Ramadan, when fasting goes as fast for a thousand months. The small Medhi moved with his mother Amina in the house of his grandfather. But life in the village is very hard, especially to drought.

Screenplay: Faouzi Bensaïdi, Emmanuelle Sardou
Cinematography: Antoine Héberlé
Editing: Sandrine Deegen
Sound: Patrice Mendez
Cast: Fauad Labied, Nezha Rahil, Mohamed Majd, Mohamed Bastaoui, Abdelati Lambarki, Meryem Massaia

Prizes and selections:
Festival de Cannes 2003 (Award of the Youth & Le Premier Regard Award), Namur International French-Language Film Festival 2003 (Special Jury Prize), Fribourg International Film Festival 2004 (Ecumenic Prize), Milan International Film Festival 2004 (Grand Prix, Jury Prize), Miami International Film Festival 2004 (Grand Pix du Jury)

Production:
Gloria Films Production
(Paris, T +33 142214211; F +33 142214331; mel@gloriafilms.fr; www. gloriafilms.fr)

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:
Fortissimo Film Sales
(Amsterdam, T +31 206273215; F +31 206261155; info@fortissimo.nl; www.fortissimofilms.com)

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