On 11 June 1986, one day after Morocco wrote football world cup history by scoring a surprising victory over Portugal, government official Daoud is ordered to secure a bridge outside Casablanca that sits between two hostile communities over an empty highway. Here, he is to await the expected but by no means certain visit of King Hassan II. Encounters with government supporters and the families of political prisoners; the mysterious appearance of a foreign woman and a Berber, as well as the story of a football crazy boy all prove to be a bit much for Daoud. Ever since the bloody ‘bread riots’ five years earlier, he has felt paralysed. But the euphoria and the hope he encounters here help to lift his mood. The Moroccan team’s success unleashes a new self-confidence and lust for life that transcends the surreal shadow of the monarchy.
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Adil Abatourab
Known for
Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem
The Wages of Fear
Latifa Ahrar
Also in
The Ten Commandments
Starve your dog
Hicham Lasri
Mickaël Clouet
Zoubida Akif
Known for
A Thousand Times Good Night
AGM factory
Latefa Ahrrare
Rita
Zoubir Abou el Fadl
Also in
L’appartement d’Omar
Thomas Guentch
Aziz Hattab
Known for
Friends Jokes
Adam
Zoubir Abou Alfadel
Lotfi
Brewenn Hellec
Hicham Lasri Director · Wissam Hojeij Composer Charles-Hubert Morin Cinematographer
First release February 11, 2017 · Produced in France, Morocco
Production
France · Morocco
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Germany · February 11, 2017
Premiere
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 14, 2017 · Rennes Travelling Film Festival
Morocco
December 6, 2017
South Korea
July 16, 2017 · Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Tunisia
November 5, 2017 · Carthage Film Festival
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