Mascarades

Overview

Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is his headstrong, narcoleptic sister Rym who falls asleep anywhere and whom the village is convinced will end up a spinster. One evening, Mounir returns from town drunk and announces that he's found a suitor for his sister. The fake story snowballs and snowballs until the suitor morphs into a rich, blonde Australian. The village begins preparing for the wedding in earnest - but without a bridegroom in sight.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 25, 2008

Original language

French

Spoken languages

Arabic

Countries

France, Algeria

Production

ARTE France Cinéma,Dharamsala

Cast

Khaled Benaissa,Mohamed Bouchaib,Merouane Zmirli,Fouad Trifi,Rym Takoucht,Lyes Salem,Mourad Khen,Sarah Reguieg

Director

Lyes Salem

Writer

Nathalie Saugeon,Lyes Salem

Producer

Yacine Laloui,Isabelle Madelaine

Cinematography

Pierre Cottereau

Music

Mathias Duplessy

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1310654