The Departure
Morocco, 2004. That summer, 11-year-old Adil spends the days playing with his friends and waiting for the Olympics, at which his idol, Moroccan runner Hicham El Guerrouj, should excel one more time. When his father and his older brother come to visit from France, his life changes forever.
Genre
Fiction
Countries
Morocco / France
Language
Arabic / French
Subtitles: English
Year
2020
Running Time
25'
Director
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
Saïd Hamich, born in Fez in 1986, studied at the French film school La Fémis and produced Walid Mattar’s Vent du nord, screened at the Arab Film Festival Zurich in 2018.
Screenplay
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
Cinematography
Marine Atlan
Music
Vitor Araújo
Editor
Xavier Sirven
Cast
Ayman Rachdane
Fatima Attif
Youness El Khalfaoui
Ayman El Khalfaoui
Fatima Attif
Youness El Khalfaoui
Ayman El Khalfaoui