The Sea Is Behind

Name: The Sea Is Behind
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 2014
Duration: 88 min

Director: Hicham Lasri

Rights:

Highlights

The film got officially selected at the 2015 Berlinale, in the Panorama section, the 2014 DIFF and the 2015 Cairo International Film Festival.
Winner of the Critics' Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival National Du Film De Tanger (FNF) in Tangier, Morocco and the Special Jury Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF).

2014 / Morocco - France - UAE - Lebanon88 min/ Fantasy

Original Title

Al Bahr Min Wra’koum

SYNOPSIS

A cross-dressing dancer is hunted by troubles in a city where drinking water has been contaminated and may be driving people crazy.

CAST

Malek Akhmiss
Fairouz Amiri
Mohamed Aouragh

CREW

Screenwriter: Hicham Lasri
DOP: Said Slimani
Editor: Abdesamad Chaouket

Production Company(ies)

Moon & Deal Films
La Prod
Raccord Ciné et Service
Pan Production

Producer(s)

Lamia Chraibi
Mickaël Clouet
Hicham Lasri
Michel Merkt
Ghislaine Querrien

erlin International Film Festival, Germany

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt

Béjaïa Film Meetings in Algeri, Algeria

Festival National Du Film De Tanger (FNF) in Tangier, Morocco

Special Jury Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt

Critics' Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival National Du Film De Tanger (FNF) in Tangier, Morocco

Special Jury Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt

Malek Akhmiss, Fairouz Amiri, Mohamed Aouragh

Reviews

Soha Elsirgany - Ahram Online (Arabic)

Quotes

“The film, however, presents much more than the story of Tarik, offering a dystopian and dramatic insight into social and political realities in the Arab world.” Soha Elsirgany - Ahram Online (Arabic)