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As they say ( Morocco 2011 )

Color: Fiction, color, 20’

Direction: Hicham Ayouch

Screenplay: Hicham Ayouch, Aïcha Haroun Yacoubi

Director of Photography: Hicham Ayouch

Sound: Jana Saleh, Raed El Khazen, Patrice Mendez

Editing: Belal Hibry, Julien Fouré

Cast: Abdelsslam Bounouacha, Zouhir Fidai

Production: Sharjah Art Foundation

Synopsis

The story is set in the Moroccan mountains. A father and his son arrive to this location on a fishing trip. The father is a conservative man, a former soldier. The son is about 25 years-old and is generally more hip. He is going to reveal something to his father during this trip, and this revelation will shatter the weekend and their relationship.

Réalisateur

A former journalist, Hicham Ayouch worked for a few years in French television before shifting his career to writing and film directing. After The King’s Queens (2005) and Angel Dust (2006), he has directed two feature-length fiction films, Fishbones of the Heart (2006) and Cracks (2008).