Deserts (2023)
Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.
Director:
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Writer:
Faouzi Bensaïdi
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Fehd Benchemsi as Mehdi Attaf |
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Abdelhadi Talbi as Hamid Dergoune |
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Rabii Benjhaile as L'évadé |
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Hajar Graigaa as Selma / Hadda |
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Mohamed Choubi as Le père de Naïma |
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Zhour Slimani as Hlima |
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Maha Boukhari as Naïma |
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Abdellah Chicha as Rabah |
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Abdellah Echabbi as Zemmouri |
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Yasmine Balich as Mounia |
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Nezha Rahile as La patronne |
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Abdelghani Sannak as Le Mouqadem |
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Nordine Saaden as Le barman |
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Mohamed Hmimsa as Le jeune paysan |
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Brahim Khai as Le père de Hadda |
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Faouzi Bensaïdi as L'épicier |
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Abdelhak Saleh as L'homme à la Mercedes |
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Oussama Oussous as L'homme rond |
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Maha El Boukhari as Naïma |
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Fatima Harakat as La mère de Mehdi |
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Ahmed Zitouni as Le réceptionniste |
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Moustapha Haouchine as L'employé âgé |
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Soumaya Akaaboune as La dame bourgeoise |
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Fatima Naji as La mère de Hadda |
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Amine Hani as Redouan |
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Rabii Said as Le coiffeur |
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Ahmed Zaitouni as Receptionniste |
| Directing | Faouzi Bensaïdi | Director |
| Writing | Faouzi Bensaïdi | Screenplay |
| Production | Sébastien Delloye | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nicole Gerhards | Co-Producer |
| Production | Saïd Hamich | Producer |
| Camera | Florian Berutti | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Faouzi Bensaïdi | Editor |
| Editing | Véronique Lange | Editor |
| Art | Véronique Sacrez | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Capucine Landreau | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karima ait Boukhima | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Sara Sellami | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Directing | Bandar Atifi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fadwa Hassani | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rabii Said | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Amouzoune Abderazak | Sound |
| Sound | Arthur Legrand | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Patrice Mendez | Sound |
| Sound | Luc Thomas | Sound |
| Directing | Hind Amiar | Script Supervisor |
