Hounds
Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage
Kamal Lazraq / Feature Narrative / France, Morocco, Belgium, Qatar / 2023 / 100 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
In the working-class suburbs of Casablanca, father and son—Hassan and Issam are trying to make ends meet, doing odd jobs for a local mobster. One night, a man they were meant to kidnap accidentally dies in the trunk of their car. Hassan and Issam find themselves with a corpse to dispose of, and so begins a long night roaming the seedier parts of the city.
Credits
- Director
- Kamal Lazraq
- Screenwriter
- Kamal Lazraq
- Producer
- Said Hamich
- Production Company
- Barney Production
About the Director
Kamal Lazraq is a Moroccan director born in 1984 in Casablanca. He graduated from La Femis in Paris, and his graduation film, 'Drari', won the second prize of the Cinefondation at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Grand Prize for short films at the Entrevues Festival in Belfort (France). In 2014, his short film 'The Man with a Dog', produced by Barney Production, was awarded worldwide. 'Hounds' is his first feature film.
Contacts
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Co-Producer
Diana Elbaum
- Company:
- Beluga Tree
- Phone:
- +32 273 648 13
- Email:
- diana@belugatree.be
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Main Contact
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
- Company:
- Barney Production
- Phone:
- 0972527496
- Email:
- hamichsaid@gmail.com