Faouzi Bensaïdi : 2017
A tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. He works as a shopping mall security guard, she as a housemaid. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down. The drama contrasts a poor but deeply in love young couple with the rich but inhumane and hypocritical upper class. Abdelkader suffers violence only because he is part of the powerless working class, and the corrupt law and government tramples on the weak as though only natural. A powerful criticism about injustice and discrimination in Morocco. Faouzi Bensaïdi's feature premiered in competition at Venice Days 2017.
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