Masquerades (film)

Masquerades
Directed by Lyes Salem
Produced by Dharamsala
Screenplay by Lyes Salem, Nathalie Saugeon
Starring Lyes Salem, Sarah Reguieg, Mohamed Bouchaïb, Rym Takoucht
Music by Mathias Duplessy
Cinematography Pierre Cottereau
Edited by Florence Ricard
Release dates
2008
Running time
92'
Country Algeria
France

Masquerades (مسخرة) is a 2008 film directed by Lyes Salem.[1]

Synopsis

A village in Algiers. Proud and a bluffer, Mounir wishes to be admired by all, but he has a weakness: His sister, Rym, who falls asleep anywhere. One night on the way back from the city, and quite inebriated, he shouts out to all and sunder that a rich businessman has asked for his sister’s hand. By the next morning, he’s the envy of all. Trapped by his own lie, Mounir changes his family’s destiny.

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References

  1. Global Film Discussion Guide - Masquerades (pdf) "In the scene where Mounir, dressed in an elegant suit, accompanies new best friends Rédouane and Hamza on a trip out of town to scam a pair of gullible shepherds out of their money, our sympathies are drawn to the innocent shepherds immediately, in part by use of a tight close-up that fills the screen entirely with the sincere and modest face of one of the two men. We also get a reverse-shot of Rédouane in close-up, but by contrast, Rédouane wears a phony, ingratiating expression. Despite his proximity, he’s at a further distance from our sympathies, as it were, as if ripe for more critical inspection and evaluation by the audience."


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