Burning Casablanca
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In hellish Casablanca, a car-crash sets ablaze a burning, passionate love story between has-been rocker Larsen and the streetwise amazon Rajae. An unspoken trauma is their common history; rock n' roll their mutual saviour. Larsen's snakeskin-covered guitar and Rajae's liquid gold voice could be heaven, if only everything from his drug-induced visions to her music-buff pimp didn't get in the way. The only hope for their blooming romance is to skip this ferocious town. Is there a way out of this crazy Moroccan underworld with its menagerie of sadistic cops, venomous snakes, metal concerts and shotgun-wielding modern-day Calamity Janes? For these punk Romeo and Juliet, maybe the answer lies in a song - the one they've been writing and dreaming together : Zanka Contact
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Cast
19 people
Ahmed Hammoud
Larsen
Known for
Home Front
Said Bey
Said
Known for
Prison Break
The Night Manager
Saïd Hamich
Ismael El Iraki
Benjamin Rufi
Mourad Zaoui
Mourad
Known for
The Spy
The Night Manager
Philippe Logie
Adrien Ernandez
Fatima Attif
Rokia
Also in
WWW: What a Wonderful World
The Departure
Sebastian Schelenz
Khansa Batma
Rajae
No other roles listed
Abderrahmane Oubihem
Obama
Also in
Harash
Ismaël el Iraki Director · Alexandre Tartière Composer Benjamin Rufi Cinematographer
United States release October 3, 2021 · Produced in Belgium, France, Morocco · Languages Arabic, English
Production
Barney Production
Production
Velvet Films
Production
Mont Fleuri Production
Production
Belgium · France · Morocco
Produced in
Languages
Original title
الزنقة كونتاكت
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 2020
Premiere · Venice Film Festival (Orizzonti)
United States · October 3, 2021
Premiere · Twin Cities Arab Film Fest
France · November 3, 2021
Theatrical
Czechia
August 21, 2021 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
France
July 9, 2021 · Premiere · Lyon Festival Cinémas du Sud
February 16, 2022 · Digital · VOD
April 19, 2022 · Physical · DVD
Germany
June 21, 2021 · Theatrical
Morocco
December 1, 2021 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 25, 2020 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Spain
October 15, 2021 · Premiere · Mostra de València - Cinema del Mediterrani
United Kingdom
October 16, 2020 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
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