The Wake (2019)
Salim comes to grieve beside his mother’s dead body. But very quickly, between religious customs he doesn’t understand and the constant comings and goings of people he doesn’t know, the young man feels uncomfortable in the small family apartment.
Director:
Riad Bouchoucha
Writer:
Riad Bouchoucha
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Bellamine Abdelmalek as Salim |
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Salim Kéchiouche as Imad |
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Djemel Barek as Father |
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Mustapha Abourachid as Uncle |
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Mouss Zouheyri as Karim |
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Kamel Abdeli as Miloud |
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Majida Ghomari as Mourner |
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Tahidir Ouazine as |
| Editing | Laurent Lombart | Editor |
| Camera | Aurélien Marra | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Riad Bouchoucha | Director |
| Production | Adrien Bretet | Producer |
| Writing | Riad Bouchoucha | Screenplay |
| Crew | Benjamin Balthazar | Compositor |
| Sound | Clément Maléo | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Antoine Pradalet | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Etienne David | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina da Silva-Vanghelder | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agathe Bernardon | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marion Labaye | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Virginie Lacaille | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Louise Krieger | Production Manager |
| Directing | Nina Boussad | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alexia Genty | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Stavy Ntokou | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Stéphane Isidore | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Simon Prieur | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Tom Haudry | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Félix Sulejmanoski | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Malvina Desmarest | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Benjamin Balthazar | Original Music Composer |