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1:00 PM – BEHIND THE PALM TREES (94 min) – Cinema Francais – U.S. Premiere

February 28 @ 1:00 pm to approx. 3:00 pm
$15.00

U.S. PREMIERE

In Tangier, Mehdi’s relationship with Selma is shaken when he meets Marie, a wealthy French girl whose parents have bought a luxurious villa in the casbah. Drawn to her glamorous lifestyle, he neglects Selma, pretending not to see that his choices will catch up with him.

Genre:  Thriller
Running Time: 94 min
Country: Morocco | France | Belgium | Qatar
Language: Moroccan, French, Arabic
Screenplay – Meryem Benm’Barek, Fyzal Boulifa with the collaboration of Emma Benestan, Agnès Feuvre
Director  – Meryem Benm’Barek
Producers – Jean Bréhat (Tessalit productions, France), Emma Binet (Furyo films, France)
Co producers – Souad Lamriki (Agora films, Maroc), Olivier Dubois (Novak prod, Belgique), Tristan Goligher (The bureau, UK), Hugo Sélignac (Chi-fou-mi productions, France)
Score – Jim Williams
Image – Son Doan
Editing – Christel Dewynter
Sound – Fabrice Osinski, Jeremy Hassid, Julien Perez
Casting – Hossein Sabir
Principal Cast: SARA GIRAUDEAU, MEHDI DRISS RAMDI, SELMA NADIA KOUNDA. CLOTILDE CAROLE BOUQUET
Distributor: Pyramid Films

Showing with THE BOY WITH WHITE SKIN (15 m) 
TRAILER:  https://vimeo.com/1106504693?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=c
Entrusted by his father to a group of gold-miners, an albino child embodies all of their hopes.

Country: France, Senegal
Language: Wolof
Director: Simon Panay

Writer: Simon Panay
Producers: Laetitia Denis, Souleymane Kébé, Maud Leclair
Composer: Philippe Fivet
Cinematographer:: Simon Gouffault
Editor: Simon Panay

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