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Silence... On tourne
By Youssef Chahine
France - 2001 - 105mn
Malak, the fabulously rich and famous diva, lives with a depressing doubt. She keeps wondering whether she is loved for herself or for her fame. Her husband, after years of a life of a life of togetherness without passion, wants a divorce. Psychologically weak, Malak falls head over heelsfor Lamei, a young doctor and a social climber...

Closing film

Tosca
By Yousri Nasrallah
France - 2001 - 120mn
Based on Puccini’s Tosca is the love story between the famous diva and the painter Mario Cavaradossi who is chased after by Scarpia, a policeman convinced he has provided a hide-out for a political prisonner..

Avant première

Le baiser mortel du dragon
By chris Nahon
France - 2001 - 98mn
A man from hong kong arrives in paris. That same night, he is on a mission to catch, redhanded, a corrupt Chinese official. His mission goes awfully wrong. The chinese official. His murdred and our hero falls into the well-devised trap: he is murder-suspect number one. He finds himself a haunted man in an unknown Paris and will have a very tough time indeed proving his innocence.

betty fisher et autres histoires
By Michel Blac
France - 2001 - 101mn
Two women, words. first, there is Betty, a young and talented writer who fully enjoys motherhood with her four year old son, Joseph: and thre is Carole, a barmaid in a comercial center located in the heart of Nanterre..

Hannibal
By Elia Sulaiman
USA - 2001 - 111mn
Ten years have passed since the confrontation between FBI agent Clarice straling and Hannibal lecter, a serial killer. they have never seen each other again. clarice hes been persuing her FBI career while hannibal, using the name of Doctor Fell, has been giving art lectures in florence where he lives a quiet life...

Le journal de Bridget Jones (The Bridget Jones’diary)
By Sharon Maguire
Royaume-Uni - 2002 - 138mn
A single woman, about thirty, persuaded that everybody is happy except her, Bridget Jones has two ambitions in her life: to lose weight and to find the great love. Her wishes apparently reasonable, but visibly impossible to get satisfaction. While her friends, jude, Sharon and Tom don’t stop to pour out advises as useless as desperate to her...

Leila
By Gabriel Axel
Danemark - 2001 - 90mn
Nils, 23 years old, is a carpenter woodworker coming from scandinavia. He is spending his holidays in a south country. A few little time after he arrives, he meets Leila, a berber girl. She has just celebreted on's sixtennth birthday...

Mohabbatein
By Adita Chopra
Inde - 2000 - 220mn
Narayan Shankar runs an iron hand Gurukul, one of India's most prestigious schiools, located in a small town in th north of India. Tradition, Honor,Discipline, are the ruling words in Grukul. Once addmited withing its walls, the students abandon all connection to the outside wodld to conform to the school laws. Vicky, Sammer and Karan, an indivisible trio, have just been accepted there. The three of them are intent to brak the rules..

Le placard (the closet)
by Francis Veber
France- 2000 - 84mn
Shy and reserved, François Pighion is an accountant with an important firm that makes condoms. About to be fired, Pignon decides to pass as an homosexual on the advise of his neighbour. The rumour quikly spreds within the " condom joint " and the managment is cornered. Not to be accused of "Anti-gay" practises, they decide to keep Pignon on broad at all costs...

Replicant
By Ringo Lam
Canada - 2001 - 96mn
Garotte, a serial killer, hans the days to the nights of Inspector Jake Riley, who has sworn toput him behind bars. The number of his victims grow each day while Riley investigation getting owhere, despite the fact the serial killer has chosen his as his confident, phoning him after each crime, totally disgusted, Jake quites the police at the very moment NSA- the governoment secret service asks him to join its forces on a top secret mission to arrest Garot..

Le retour de la momie
By Stephen Sommers
USA - 2001 - 90mn
The action takes place in 1935. Ten years have passed since the terrifying encounter between the Mummy of the great Priest Imhotep, Rick O’ Connel and his wife Evelyn. Since, they hai, a musician is in the Red Satin cabaret.

OUT OF Competition

Anita no perd el tren
By SVentura Pons
Espagne - 2001 - 90mn
Anita, a cahier in her fifties at a local movishouse of Barcelone, loses her job. The theater is demolished, soon to be replacedby a huge multiplex..

Atanarjuat-the fast runner
By Zacharias Kunuk
Canada - 2001 - 172mn
Evil, under the guise of an unknown shaman, divides a small Inuits' community of nomads, unsettles is balance and shatters its soul. Twenty years go by. Two brothers stand out to dfy the reign of evil: Amaqjuaqknown for his strenght and Atanarjuat, know for his swiftness. Atanarjuat wins the heart of the ravishing Atuat agaist his rival, Oki the braggard son of the camp-chief whoswears to get his revenge..

Le cheval de vent
By Daoud Aoulad-Sayad
Maroc-France - 2001 - 85mn
Tahar, a former blacksmith, leaves his first marriage born son’s house. He goes to Azzemour on the grave of the wife he has really loved, befor retired near his son "older than him" and his bad-tempered daughter in law. Driss, he is a young man. He left the hospital without knowing if he is cured or gave up to thedie..

L’engrenage
By Frank Nicotra
France - 2000 - 97mn
Mario a young man with a wife and a baby, still lives with his parents... But Mario dreams of a different life from his father’s, a brave, silent man resigned to his construction worker’sfate. Between the two men, for a long time now, misunderstanding has chased away all forms of dialogue..

Little Senegal
By Rachid Bouchareb
France-Allemagne-Algerie - 2000 - 88mn
A widower of 65 and a man passionate with the history of his people. Alloune, a visitors’ guide at the house of the slaves of Gorea, decides to go America to search of the descendants of his ancestors, sold as slaves over two centuries ago..

Loin
By Andre techine
France - 2000 - 120mn
Serge is a truck-driver. His job often takes him to Tangiers, where he spends time between Sarah, his lover, and Said, his friend. But this time, the Moroccan stop is a full three-day one..

Origine contrôlée
By Zakia & Ahmed Bouchaala
France - 2000 - 90mn
Patrick Morel, dressed as a woman, comes out of a costume party. Needing to place a call, he gets to the toilets of a night bar and leaves his handbag behind. Zoubida, a transvestitle, takes advantage of the situation and swiches handbags befor vanishing..

Osveta
By Jan Hintjens
Belgique-Macédoine-France - 2001 - 103mn
The action takes place in 1902,in Macedonia. Mitré,a poor man for christian faith, saves the truc Osman’s life. Despite all the social and religious obstacles, they become blood brothers.. until betrayal kills their friendship..

Room to rent
By Khaled El Hagar
Royaume-Uni-France - 2000 - 90mn
Ali, a young Egyptian writer, has chosen to stay live in London. Without any money left, he gets kicked out of his flat. His situation grows more and more precariouse as his visa about to expire.
Year in, year out, from sub-rentals to sub-shares, Ali will meet many of the wall characters. There is his friend Ahmed, who advises him quickly marry to get his papers..






International Film Festival Of Marrakech Out of competition 2001 Opening film Silence... On tourne By Youssef Chahine France - 2001 - 105mn Malak, the fabulously rich and famous diva, lives with a depressing doubt. She keeps wondering whether she is loved for herself or for her fame. Her husband, after years of a life of a life of togetherness without passion, wants a divorce. Psychologically weak, Malak falls head over heelsfor Lamei, a young doctor and a social climber... Closing film Tosca By Yousri Nasrallah France - 2001 - 120mn Based on Puccini’s Tosca is the love story between the famous diva and the painter Mario Cavaradossi who is chased after by Scarpia, a policeman convinced he has provided a hide-out for a political prisonner.. Avant première Le baiser mortel du dragon By chris Nahon France - 2001 - 98mn A man from hong kong arrives in paris. That same night, he is on a mission to catch, redhanded, a corrupt Chinese official. His mission goes awfully wrong. The chinese official. His murdred and our hero falls into the well-devised trap: he is murder-suspect number one. He finds himself a haunted man in an unknown Paris and will have a very tough time indeed proving his innocence. betty fisher et autres histoires By Michel Blac France - 2001 - 101mn Two women, words. first, there is Betty, a young and talented writer who fully enjoys motherhood with her four year old son, Joseph: and thre is Carole, a barmaid in a comercial center located in the heart of Nanterre.. Hannibal By Elia Sulaiman USA - 2001 - 111mn Ten years have passed since the confrontation between FBI agent Clarice straling and Hannibal lecter, a serial killer. they have never seen each other again. clarice hes been persuing her FBI career while hannibal, using the name of Doctor Fell, has been giving art lectures in florence where he lives a quiet life... Le journal de Bridget Jones (The Bridget Jones’diary) By Sharon Maguire Royaume-Uni - 2002 - 138mn A single woman, about thirty, persuaded that everybody is happy except her, Bridget Jones has two ambitions in her life: to lose weight and to find the great love. Her wishes apparently reasonable, but visibly impossible to get satisfaction. While her friends, jude, Sharon and Tom don’t stop to pour out advises as useless as desperate to her... Leila By Gabriel Axel Danemark - 2001 - 90mn Nils, 23 years old, is a carpenter woodworker coming from scandinavia. He is spending his holidays in a south country. A few little time after he arrives, he meets Leila, a berber girl. She has just celebreted on's sixtennth birthday... Mohabbatein By Adita Chopra Inde - 2000 - 220mn Narayan Shankar runs an iron hand Gurukul, one of India's most prestigious schiools, located in a small town in th north of India. Tradition, Honor,Discipline, are the ruling words in Grukul. Once addmited withing its walls, the students abandon all connection to the outside wodld to conform to the school laws. Vicky, Sammer and Karan, an indivisible trio, have just been accepted there. The three of them are intent to brak the rules.. Le placard (the closet) by Francis Veber France- 2000 - 84mn Shy and reserved, François Pighion is an accountant with an important firm that makes condoms. About to be fired, Pignon decides to pass as an homosexual on the advise of his neighbour. The rumour quikly spreds within the " condom joint " and the managment is cornered. Not to be accused of "Anti-gay" practises, they decide to keep Pignon on broad at all costs... Replicant By Ringo Lam Canada - 2001 - 96mn Garotte, a serial killer, hans the days to the nights of Inspector Jake Riley, who has sworn toput him behind bars. The number of his victims grow each day while Riley investigation getting owhere, despite the fact the serial killer has chosen his as his confident, phoning him after each crime, totally disgusted, Jake quites the police at the very moment NSA- the governoment secret service asks him to join its forces on a top secret mission to arrest Garot.. Le retour de la momie By Stephen Sommers USA - 2001 - 90mn The action takes place in 1935. Ten years have passed since the terrifying encounter between the Mummy of the great Priest Imhotep, Rick O’ Connel and his wife Evelyn. Since, they hai, a musician is in the Red Satin cabaret. OUT OF Competition Anita no perd el tren By SVentura Pons Espagne - 2001 - 90mn Anita, a cahier in her fifties at a local movishouse of Barcelone, loses her job. The theater is demolished, soon to be replacedby a huge multiplex.. Atanarjuat-the fast runner By Zacharias Kunuk Canada - 2001 - 172mn Evil, under the guise of an unknown shaman, divides a small Inuits' community of nomads, unsettles is balance and shatters its soul. Twenty years go by. Two brothers stand out to dfy the reign of evil: Amaqjuaqknown for his strenght and Atanarjuat, know for his swiftness. Atanarjuat wins the heart of the ravishing Atuat agaist his rival, Oki the braggard son of the camp-chief whoswears to get his revenge.. Le cheval de vent By Daoud Aoulad-Sayad Maroc-France - 2001 - 85mn Tahar, a former blacksmith, leaves his first marriage born son’s house. He goes to Azzemour on the grave of the wife he has really loved, befor retired near his son "older than him" and his bad-tempered daughter in law. Driss, he is a young man. He left the hospital without knowing if he is cured or gave up to thedie.. L’engrenage By Frank Nicotra France - 2000 - 97mn Mario a young man with a wife and a baby, still lives with his parents... But Mario dreams of a different life from his father’s, a brave, silent man resigned to his construction worker’sfate. Between the two men, for a long time now, misunderstanding has chased away all forms of dialogue.. Little Senegal By Rachid Bouchareb France-Allemagne-Algerie - 2000 - 88mn A widower of 65 and a man passionate with the history of his people. Alloune, a visitors’ guide at the house of the slaves of Gorea, decides to go America to search of the descendants of his ancestors, sold as slaves over two centuries ago.. Loin By Andre techine France - 2000 - 120mn Serge is a truck-driver. His job often takes him to Tangiers, where he spends time between Sarah, his lover, and Said, his friend. But this time, the Moroccan stop is a full three-day one.. Origine contrôlée By Zakia & Ahmed Bouchaala France - 2000 - 90mn Patrick Morel, dressed as a woman, comes out of a costume party. Needing to place a call, he gets to the toilets of a night bar and leaves his handbag behind. Zoubida, a transvestitle, takes advantage of the situation and swiches handbags befor vanishing.. Osveta By Jan Hintjens Belgique-Macédoine-France - 2001 - 103mn The action takes place in 1902,in Macedonia. Mitré,a poor man for christian faith, saves the truc Osman’s life. Despite all the social and religious obstacles, they become blood brothers.. until betrayal kills their friendship.. Room to rent By Khaled El Hagar Royaume-Uni-France - 2000 - 90mn Ali, a young Egyptian writer, has chosen to stay live in London. Without any money left, he gets kicked out of his flat. His situation grows more and more precariouse as his visa about to expire. Year in, year out, from sub-rentals to sub-shares, Ali will meet many of the wall characters. There is his friend Ahmed, who advises him quickly marry to get his papers..