Death for Sale
By Faouzi Bensaidi
Country: Belgium, France, Morocco, United Arab Emirates
Language: Arabic
Casting: Fehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouhcine Malzi, Imane Elmechrafi, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Production year: 2011
Runtime: 01h57
Production company: Entre Chien et Loup
Tetouan, a Moroccan port city permanently under a low, heavy sky. Three friends, small time crooks, decide to rob the town’s biggest jewelry store to escape from a hopeless future. Malik is out of a job and madly in love with Dounia, a prostitute at the La Passarella nightclub. He’s in on the heist to rescue her and create a new life for them. Allal is the tough guy who can’t understand how Malik has fallen for a whore. He needs cash so he can be a player in the local drug trade and move up from snatching purses. Soufiane is the youngest of the three, drifting out of school and looking for direction. After his world is turned upside down, he has his own reasons for wanting to rob the Christian jewelry storeowner. But when the plan falls apart, the three friends must face their own, separate destinies, alone.
Toronto 2011
Abu Dhabi 2011
Marrakech IFF 2011
Moroccan National Film Festival in Tanger 2012 – Special Jury Prize
Berlin 2012 – Panorama Section – CICAE Panorama Award
African, Asian and Latin American FF in Milan – Best African Film Award
Taipei Golden Hose 2012
Sydney FF 2012
Midnight Sun FF 2012
Brussels FF 2012 – Golden Iris and Cineuropa Prize
Osian’s Cinefan FF in India – Best Director Award for the Asian & Arab Competition
Cinemed Montpelier – Selection Officielle Panorama
Carthage FF 2012 – Tanit d’argent
