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.
Cast
- Mounir (Lyes Salem) - Habiba's husband, and Rym's older brother
- Rym (Sarah Reguieg) - Mounir's sister and object of Khliffa's affection
- Khliffa (Mohamed Bouchaïb) - Mounir’s best friend, in love with Rym
- Habiba (Rym Takoucht) - Mounir's wife
- Amine (Merouane Zmirli) - Mounir and Habiba's boy
- Rédouane Lamouchi (Mourad Khan) - businessman and conman
Awards
- Fespaco 2009 (Burkina Faso)
- Festival Francophone de Namur 2008 (Bélgium)
- Festival Francophone d’Angoulême 2008 (France)
- Dubai International Film Festival 2008
References
- ↑ 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."
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)
- Masquerades at the Internet Movie Database
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