Mascarades
2008•1h 33m•6.6•Released
ComedyDrama
Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is his headstrong, narcoleptic sister Rym who falls asleep anywhere and whom the village is convinced will end up a spinster. One evening, Mounir returns from town drunk and announces that he's found a suitor for his sister. The fake story snowballs and snowballs until the suitor morphs into a rich, blonde Australian. The village begins preparing for the wedding in earnest - but without a bridegroom in sight.
Director
Lyes Salem
Writer
Nathalie Saugeon, Lyes Salem
Languages
Arabic
Studio
Dharamsala
Cast
Sarah Reguieg
Rym Mekbel
Rym Takoucht
Habiba
Merouane Zmirli
Amine
Mohamed Bouchaib
Khliffa Boukhati
Mourad Khen
Redouane Lamouchi
Lyes Salem
Mounir Mekbel
Khaled Benaissa
Man on the Bus #1
Fouad Trifi
Man on the Bus #2
Production
Company
Dharamsala
Company
ARTE France Cinéma
Producer
Isabelle Madelaine
Producer
Yacine Laloui
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