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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

  • Co-Producer

    Diana Elbaum

    Company: 
    Beluga Tree
    Phone: 
    +32 273 648 13
    Email: 
    diana@belugatree.be
  • Main Contact

    Saïd Hamich Benlarbi

    Company: 
    Barney Production
    Phone: 
    0972527496
    Email: 
    hamichsaid@gmail.com

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