watch TrailerSIX FEET OVER
a film by
Karim Bensalah
96 min /
Feature, Drama
Algeria, France
Son of a former Algerian diplomat Sofiane lived his entire life to this point abroad. Now a student in Lyon, he is the victim of an administrative decision and is living under the threat of expulsion. In the hope of legalizing his situation, he decides to work temporarily for Muslim undertakers. Lost in his identity and feeling bad about himself, rubbing shoulders with the dead will take him to a brighter path.
Cast
- Hamza Meziani
- Kader Affak
- Souad Arsane
- Mostefa Djadjam
Crew
- Screenwriters: Karim Bensalah and Jamal Belmahi
- DOP: Pierre-Hubert Martin
- Editor: Bénédicte Cazauran
Original Title: SIX PIEDS SUR TERRE
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
Tact Production and Les Films du Bilboquet
Producer(s):
Oualid Baha and Eugénie Michel Villette
- Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France
- Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia
- Angers European First Film Festival, France
- Arab Film Days Film Festival, Norway
- Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil
- Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany
- Safar Film Festival, UK
- Best Screenplay Award at the Red Sea International Film Festival
- Activités Sociales de L’énergie Award at the Angers European First Film Festival
- Nakheel Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival
