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Masquerades (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Masquerades' () is a 2008 film directed by Lyes Salem.[http://globalfilm.org/guides/Masquerades_DG.pdf Global Film Discussion Guide - Masquerades (pdf)] "In the scene where Mounir, dressed in an elegant suit, accompanies new best friends Rdouane and Hamza on a trip out of town to scam a pair of gullible shepherds out of their money, our sympathies are drawn to the innocent shepherds immediately, in part by use of a tight close-up that fills the screen entirely with the sincere and modest face of one of the two men. We also get a reverse-shot of Rdouane in close-up, but by contrast, Rdouane wears a phony, ingratiating expression. Despite his proximity, hes at a further distance from our sympathies, as it were, as if ripe for more critical inspection and evaluation by the audience."
Synopsis
A village in Algiers. Proud and a bluffer, Mounir wishes to be admired by all, but he has a weakness: His sister, Rym, who falls asleep anywhere. One night on the way back from the city, and quite inebriated, he shouts out to all and sunder that a rich businessman has asked for his sister's hand. By the next morning, he's the envy of all. Trapped by his own lie, Mounir changes his family's destiny.
Cast
* Mounir (Lyes Salem) - Habiba's husband, and Rym's older brother* Rym (Sarah Reguieg) - Mounir's sister and object of Khliffa's affection
* Khliffa (Mohamed Bouchab) - Mounir's best friend, in love with Rym
* Habiba (Rym Takoucht) - Mounir's wife
* Amine (Merouane Zmirli) - Mounir and Habiba's boy
* Rdouane Lamouchi (Mourad Khan) - businessman and conman
Awards
* Fespaco 2009 (Burkina Faso)
* Festival Francophone de Namur 2008 (Blgium)
* Festival Francophone dAngoulme 2008 (France)
* Dubai International Film Festival 2008
References
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Category:2008 films
Category:Algerian drama films
Category:French drama films
Category:2000s French films
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