Déserts (2023) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 20, 2023

Original Title:
الثلث الخالي

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Barney Production
Belga Productions
Entre Chien et Loup
Mont Fleuri Production
NiKo Film
ZDF/Arte

Production Countries:
Belgium | France | Germany | Morocco

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  KR: 15 

Runtime: 124

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.

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Co-Producer:
Sébastien Delloye
Nicole Gerhards

Costume Design:
Capucine Landreau

Director:
Faouzi Bensaïdi

Director of Photography:
Florian Berutti

Editor:
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Véronique Lange

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Sara Sellami

First Assistant Director:
Bandar Atifi

Key Hair Stylist:
Karima ait Boukhima

Producer:
Saïd Hamich

Production Design:
Véronique Sacrez

Screenplay:
Faouzi Bensaïdi

Script Supervisor:
Hind Amiar

Second Assistant Director:
Rabii Said

Sound:
Amouzoune Abderazak
Patrice Mendez
Luc Thomas

Sound Assistant:
Arthur Legrand

Third Assistant Director:
Fadwa Hassani

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