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Faouzi Bensaïdi

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Faouzi Bensaïdi, born 14 March 1967, is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film A THOUSAND MONTHS (20013) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 and 2009 he has taken part in the Arts in Marrakech Festival showing and discussing his films and installations. In 2011, his film DEATH FOR SALE premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

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Movies Starring Faouzi Bensaïdi (17)

My Dad is not Dead (2023)

Malik and his father Mehdi live in a funfair where they work as handymen. Mehdi gives his son five special paintings. Curious Malik is dazzled by the beauty of these works. The next day, the two accidentally find themselves in the middle of a political ral ...

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Deserts (2023)

Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the sam ...

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It Must Be Heaven (2019)

Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine. ...

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Sofia (2018)

Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds herself breaking the law by giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. ...

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The Blessed (2017)

Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in a restaurant. While on their way, their share their views on Algeria: Amal talks about lost illusions and Samir about the necessity to ...

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Lola Pater (2017)

When his mother dies, Zino decides to look for his father, Farid. But twenty-five years ago, Farid became Lola. ...

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Volubilis (2017)

Volubilis is 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. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their o ...

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Dheepan (2015)

Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka's civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment. ...

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Saint Laurent (2014)

1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece. ...

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Goodbye Morocco (2013)

Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be able to leave Morocco with her son, who she hardly ever sees since her divorce. The death of a worker disrupt ...

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Death for Sale (2011)

In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically. ...

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WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006)

Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his executions, he usually calls Souad, an occasional prostitute. But the phone is always answered by her friend Kenz ...

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A Thousand Months (2003)

1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny. ...

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Wind Horse (2002)

Tahar is a retired blacksmith living with his son from his first marriage. After seeing his late second wife in a dream, he decides to visit her grave, in Azemmour. In the trip, he meets Driss who is going to Essaouira, looking for his mother whom he has n ...

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Far Away (2001)

Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused to have anything to do with him since her mother's death and intends to join her brother in Canada. Serge ...

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Braids (2000)

Amin is a teenage boy who lives with his two sisters, Kenza and Saida, in Tangier. Tragedy strikes when Saida is raped by the son of the man Kenza works for as a maid. The father threatens the girl not to press any charges against his son since he is runni ...

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Mektoub (1997)

A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco. ...

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Movies Made By Faouzi Bensaïdi (16)

Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? (2024)

In the désert, a lone rider approaches at full gallop. His old tired horse is not convincing. Let's do the scene again. Still not convincing. What are we going to do with this horse? ...

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Deserts (2023)

Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the sam ...

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Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature (2022)

Twelve international filmmakers create connections between humans and animals, through biodiversity, ecosystem, climate change, environment and water risks. ...

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Summer Days (2022)

The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; ...

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A Sunny Day (2019)

Under the impacts of a changing climate, the world changes, it has already changed. In a distant and near future, both fantastic and absurd, men and wo-men survive as they can. Following a man, a slender figure between Tati and Buster Keaton, we discover t ...

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Interdependence (2019)

Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible sol ...

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Volubilis (2017)

Volubilis is 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. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their o ...

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Short Plays (2014)

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world. ...

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Death for Sale (2011)

In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically. ...

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WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006)

Casablanca, a city of contrasts, modern and traditional. Kamel is a murderer for hire who receives his encrypted assignments online. After his executions, he usually calls Souad, an occasional prostitute. But the phone is always answered by her friend Kenz ...

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A Thousand Months (2003)

1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny. ...

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Far Away (2001)

Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused to have anything to do with him since her mother's death and intends to join her brother in Canada. Serge ...

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The Rain Line (2000)

A rainy night between Rabat and Casa; a young girl, her mother, and her father: characters in disarray seeking to reunite... ...

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The wall (2000)

The brief and unending story of a wall and its encounters with man. ...

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The Cliff (1999)

In a small village near a beach, Hakim and his little brother Saïd do odd jobs (whitewash a tomb, resell empty bottles). ...

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Mektoub (1997)

A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco. ...

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