''Masquerades'' (مسخرة) is a 2008 film directed by
Lyes Salem
Lyès Salem (Arabic: إلياس سالم) (Algiers, 1966) is an Algerian actor and film director.
His first film as director, Masquerades, won several prizes in France.
Filmography
As director
* ''Lhasa'' short 1999
* '' :fr:Cousines'' short. ...
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Global Film Discussion Guide - Masquerades (pdf)
"In the scene where Mounir, dressed in an elegant suit, accompanies new best friends Rédouane 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 Rédouane in close-up, but by contrast, Rédouane wears a phony, ingratiating expression. Despite his proximity, he’s 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
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
. 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 Bouchaïb) - Mounir's best friend, in love with Rym
* Habiba (Rym Takoucht) - Mounir's wife
* Amine (Merouane Zmirli) - Mounir and Habiba's boy
* Rédouane Lamouchi (Mourad Khan) - businessman and conman
Awards
* Fespaco 2009 (Burkina Faso
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* Festival Francophone de Namur 2008 (Bélgium)
* Festival Francophone d’Angoulême 2008 (France)
* Dubai International Film Festival
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, ar, مهرجان دبي السينمائي الدولي) is the leading film festival in the Arab region. The 12th edition of DIFF took place from December 9 – 16, 2015. In 2018, the DIFF announce ...
2008
References
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2008 films
Algerian drama films
French drama films
2000s French films
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