Café de la plage /
English title: Beach cafe
Elia Films, Cinetelema et Les films du requin présentent ; adaptation et dialogues de André Techiné et Benoît Graffin ; un film de Benoît Graffin ; scénario, André Techiné et Benoît Graffin avec la participation de Philippe Guiguet Bologne ; réalisation, Benoît Graffin.
, France
- 1 online resource (1 video file (81 min.)) : sound, color.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Based on a novel by Mohammed M'rabet.
Cinematographer, Yorick Lesaux; editor, Camille Cotte; music, Philippe Miller. Cinematographer, Yorick Lesaux; editor, Camille Cotte; music, Philippe Miller.
Jacques Nolot, Ouassini Embarek, Leïla Belarbi, Dalia Amrani, Meriem Serbah.
Strong-minded but naive Driss makes his living in Tangier doing odd jobs while dating a young European antiques dealer. His attention is increasingly drawn to Fouad, a reclusive cafe owner who excoriates his fellow Moroccans as lazy and lacking ambition. Driss pursues a friendship with Fouad despite his friends' efforts to dissuade him and becomes a victim of the man's underhanded, treacherous nature.
In French and Arabic.
Winner at the Sochi International Film Festival 2002: Best Actor (Ouassini Embarek)
Young men--Morocco--Tangier--Drama. Coffee shops--Morocco--Tangier--Drama. Male friendship--Morocco--Drama.
Morocco--Social life and customs--Drama. Tangier (Morocco)--Drama.
Film adaptations. Feature films. Internet videos. Streaming video.