International Film Festival Of Marrakech
Out of competition 2004
Imaginery heroes
By Dan Harris
USA - 2004 - 1h57
The Travis family seems to have the ideal life on the surface. But this façade is destroyed by an event incomprehensible to them, an event which will finally reveal the secrets that have haunted them for decades.
By Dan Harris
USA - 2004 - 1h57
The Travis family seems to have the ideal life on the surface. But this façade is destroyed by an event incomprehensible to them, an event which will finally reveal the secrets that have haunted them for decades.
Bab El Chams (The door of the sun)
By Yousri Nasrallah
Egypt/France - 2004 - 4h38
In the beginning was the Palestine, just when the story of Younes' life began. Younes sometimes went under the name of Abou Salem, sometimes the Man and some other times Ibrahim's father. He fought the English Army at the age of 16 and was still fighting them, an outlaw in his own country, seeking refuge in Lebanon. This was also when the story of his wife Nahila began – she became his bride at the age of 12, she was to breast-feed their first baby during the exhausting walks as she fled with the other villagers towards the North and left behind their burnt-down house. This was also the story of Doctor Khalil, forsaken by his own mother in the confusion of the refugee camps. He was to accommodate Younes who was in a deep coma in Beirut and to lull his pain by telling him about the tragic story of his people. And this was the story of Chams, whom Khalil loved and who was executed by her comrades-in-arms.
By Yousri Nasrallah
Egypt/France - 2004 - 4h38
In the beginning was the Palestine, just when the story of Younes' life began. Younes sometimes went under the name of Abou Salem, sometimes the Man and some other times Ibrahim's father. He fought the English Army at the age of 16 and was still fighting them, an outlaw in his own country, seeking refuge in Lebanon. This was also when the story of his wife Nahila began – she became his bride at the age of 12, she was to breast-feed their first baby during the exhausting walks as she fled with the other villagers towards the North and left behind their burnt-down house. This was also the story of Doctor Khalil, forsaken by his own mother in the confusion of the refugee camps. He was to accommodate Younes who was in a deep coma in Beirut and to lull his pain by telling him about the tragic story of his people. And this was the story of Chams, whom Khalil loved and who was executed by her comrades-in-arms.
L’amore ritrovato (An italian romance)
By Carlo Mazzacurati
Italy/France - 2004 - 1h38
Tuscany, 1936. Giovanni Mansani is 30 years old with a good job as a bank clerk, a wife and a small kid. His life flows on without worries or anxieties yet without any deep emotional involvement. One day, during one of his daily journeys as a commuter to Livourna, the place he used to live when he was young and where he just got a new job, he bumps into Maria at the train station. She is brunette. She used to be blond. He doesn't recognise her immediately. He lets her go, dumbfounded. Then the memories come back : the sea, the dunes, the pine trees, his love of youth. Giovanni manages to see her again and gives her a date, on the beach after work...
By Carlo Mazzacurati
Italy/France - 2004 - 1h38
Tuscany, 1936. Giovanni Mansani is 30 years old with a good job as a bank clerk, a wife and a small kid. His life flows on without worries or anxieties yet without any deep emotional involvement. One day, during one of his daily journeys as a commuter to Livourna, the place he used to live when he was young and where he just got a new job, he bumps into Maria at the train station. She is brunette. She used to be blond. He doesn't recognise her immediately. He lets her go, dumbfounded. Then the memories come back : the sea, the dunes, the pine trees, his love of youth. Giovanni manages to see her again and gives her a date, on the beach after work...
Le plus beau jour de ma vie (the best day of my life)
By Julie Lipinsky
France - 2004 - 1h44
Arthur and Lola have been living together for several years without stopping to wonder where their relationship was going. But, one evening, the winds suddenly shift. Lola, thirty years old, raised while dreaming of a charming prince, wants to get married!
By Julie Lipinsky
France - 2004 - 1h44
Arthur and Lola have been living together for several years without stopping to wonder where their relationship was going. But, one evening, the winds suddenly shift. Lola, thirty years old, raised while dreaming of a charming prince, wants to get married!
L’ex-femme de ma vie (The ex-love of my life)
By Josiane Balasko
France - 2004 - 1h35
Tom and his ex-wife Nina haven't seen each other since their tumultuous break-up seven years earlier. One evening he and his fiancé Ariane are dining in a local restaurant when he runs into Nina. She is exhausted, without a penny in her pocket, seven months pregnant and dumped by her boyfriend. She has no place to sleep and Tom is constrained to take her in. Nina's arrival on the scene turns Tom's placid world upside down. Especially since she has a cast of kooky friends, above all Marie-Pierre, a psychiatrist with peculiar methods...
By Josiane Balasko
France - 2004 - 1h35
Tom and his ex-wife Nina haven't seen each other since their tumultuous break-up seven years earlier. One evening he and his fiancé Ariane are dining in a local restaurant when he runs into Nina. She is exhausted, without a penny in her pocket, seven months pregnant and dumped by her boyfriend. She has no place to sleep and Tom is constrained to take her in. Nina's arrival on the scene turns Tom's placid world upside down. Especially since she has a cast of kooky friends, above all Marie-Pierre, a psychiatrist with peculiar methods...
San zimske noci (Midwinter night’s dream)
By Goran Paskaljevic
Serbia/Montenegro - 2004 - 1h35
After ten years in prison, Lazar returns home to Serbia, hoping to forget his past and start a new life. He discovers that the apartment where he used to live is now occupied by a woman, Jasna, the single mother of a twelve-year-old autistic girl named Jovana. They are Bosnian refugees who have been squatting and have nowhere else to go...
By Goran Paskaljevic
Serbia/Montenegro - 2004 - 1h35
After ten years in prison, Lazar returns home to Serbia, hoping to forget his past and start a new life. He discovers that the apartment where he used to live is now occupied by a woman, Jasna, the single mother of a twelve-year-old autistic girl named Jovana. They are Bosnian refugees who have been squatting and have nowhere else to go...
MUR (wall)
By Simone Bitton
France/Israël - 2004 - 1h40
" Mur " is a cinematic reflection on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which the filmmaker clouds the issues of hatred by insisting on her double culture as Jew and Arab. The film follows the line of separation that is eviscerating one of the most history-laden landscapes in the world, imprisoning some and enclosing others. On the building site of this aberrant wall, the daily utterances and holy chants, in Hebrew and in Arabic, withstand the discourses of war and pass through the tumult of drills and bulldozers.
By Simone Bitton
France/Israël - 2004 - 1h40
" Mur " is a cinematic reflection on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which the filmmaker clouds the issues of hatred by insisting on her double culture as Jew and Arab. The film follows the line of separation that is eviscerating one of the most history-laden landscapes in the world, imprisoning some and enclosing others. On the building site of this aberrant wall, the daily utterances and holy chants, in Hebrew and in Arabic, withstand the discourses of war and pass through the tumult of drills and bulldozers.
Bride and prejudice (Coup de foudre à Bollywood)
By Gurinder Chadha
United kingdom - 2004 - 1h52
When a wedding comes to a small town in the Indian countryside, it's a good opportunity for Mrs Bakshi to find eligible mates for her four daughters, but the smart and headstrong Lalita is determined to marry for love. Sparks fly when she meets the handsome American Darcy, but is it love or hate?
By Gurinder Chadha
United kingdom - 2004 - 1h52
When a wedding comes to a small town in the Indian countryside, it's a good opportunity for Mrs Bakshi to find eligible mates for her four daughters, but the smart and headstrong Lalita is determined to marry for love. Sparks fly when she meets the handsome American Darcy, but is it love or hate?
Hacala Hasurit (The syrian bride)
d’Eran Riklis
Israël - 2004 - 1h37
Pour Mona, le jour de son mariage est paradoxalement le plus triste de sa vie. En effet, elle sait qu’en épousant Tallel, une star de la télévision syrienne qu’elle ne connaît pas, elle ne sera plus autorisée à revoir sa famille, qui réside dans un village occupé par Israël, sur les hauteurs du Golan.
d’Eran Riklis
Israël - 2004 - 1h37
Pour Mona, le jour de son mariage est paradoxalement le plus triste de sa vie. En effet, elle sait qu’en épousant Tallel, une star de la télévision syrienne qu’elle ne connaît pas, elle ne sera plus autorisée à revoir sa famille, qui réside dans un village occupé par Israël, sur les hauteurs du Golan.
Le grand voyage (The great trip)
By Ismaël Ferroukhi
Morocco - 2004 - 1h48
A few weeks before his college entrance exams, Reda, a young man who lives in the south of France, finds himself forced to drive his father to Mecca. The journey looks to be difficult. Indeed, Reda and his father have nothing in common. Talk is reduced to the strict minimum. Reda wants to experience this trip in his own way. His father demands respect for himself and the meaning of this pilgrimage.
By Ismaël Ferroukhi
Morocco - 2004 - 1h48
A few weeks before his college entrance exams, Reda, a young man who lives in the south of France, finds himself forced to drive his father to Mecca. The journey looks to be difficult. Indeed, Reda and his father have nothing in common. Talk is reduced to the strict minimum. Reda wants to experience this trip in his own way. His father demands respect for himself and the meaning of this pilgrimage.
