Face to Face
Directed byAbdelkader Lagtaâ
Written byNoureddine Saïl
StarringSanâa Alaoui, Younès Mégri
CinematographyDavid Nissen
Edited byAbdelilah Hilal
Music byEmmanuel Binet
Release date
2003
CountryMorocco
LanguageMoroccan Arabic

Face to Face (French: Face à Face) is a Moroccan feature film directed by Abdelkader Lagtaâ[1] and released in 2003.[2][3][4][5][6][7] It premiered at the Moroccan National Film Festival in Oujda and was also screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival.[8]

Synopsis

Kamal is an engineer working on the construction of a dam in the South. He is married and seems happy with his wife Amal and their daughter. The only problem is that his wife wants to get back to work as agreed. The corruption that reigns in the construction industry will catch up with the overly scrupulous engineer. His wife is arrested by the police. He allows himself to be convinced that she has run away and in turn, disappears. The couple finds itself separated, each one harboring a grudge against the other. Years later, Amal and her brother-in-law try to find her husband. Their journey gradually becomes a journey into memory, theirs and that of a whole generation of Moroccans.

References

  1. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. ^ "Films | Africultures : Face à face [réal: Abdelkader LAGTAÂ]". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. ^ "Africiné - Face à face [réal: Abdelkader LAGTAÂ]". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. ^ "Lagtaࢠrevisite les tabous de la société - La Vie éco". www.lavieeco.com/ (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  5. ^ Tazi, Mohamed Abderrahman; Dwyer, Kevin (2004). Beyond Casablanca: M.A. Tazi and the Adventure of Moroccan Cinema. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34462-5.
  6. ^ "FILMEXPORT.MA - long métrage, Face à Face". FILMEXPORT.MA. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  7. ^ Face à face de Abdelkader Lagtaâ - (2003) - Divers (in French), retrieved 2021-11-15
  8. ^ MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - "Face à face" de Abdelkader Lagtaâ : jeu et enjeu de la mémoire". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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