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Beach Cafe (The)

  • Café de la plage (Le)
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1998
Format : Short
Running time : 25 (in minutes)

While out walking, Driss finds a café run by Fouad, a strange old man, on a beach near Tanger. After several encounters, cups of tea, and pipes of kif, an ambivalent friendship is formed. Morocco / France, 1998, 25mins Director : Mohamed Ulad Mohand Screenwriters : Mohamed Ulad Mohand, Cécile Vargaftig Adaptation/Dialogue Writers : Mohamed Ulad Mohand, Cécile Vargaftig Authors of original work : Mohammed Mrabet, Paul Bowles Actors : Larbi Dahbi, Saad Zaïdi, Samia Akarriou Director of Photography : Diane Baratier Sound Recordist : Didier Saïn Press Attaché (film) : Philippe Hersant Editor : Michel Klochendler Production Designer : Olivier Jacquet Music Composer : Mohammed Rouicha Costume Designer : Reine Grave Actors : Larbi Dahbi, Saad Zaïdi, Samia Akarriou Associate production company : Azilah Productions Film export/Foreign Sales : Azilah Productions Production language : Arabic Nationality : 100% French Production year : 1998 Runtime : 24mn 16s Visa issue date : 18/12/1998 Production formats : 35mm Screening format : 35mm Color type : Color Aspect ratio : CinemaScope Sound format : Dolby SRD FESTIVALS / AWARDS 1999 | Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival * International Competition 1999 | Mostra - São Paulo International Film Festival * Short Films Selected 1999 | Namur International French-language Film Festival * Compétition Courts-Métrages du Sud 1999 | Siena International Short Film Festival * Official Selection 1999 | Villa do Conde International Short Film Festival * International Competition

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