Death for Sale

Death for Sale is a 2011 film directed by Faouzi Bensaïdi.[1][2] The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[3]

Death for Sale
Directed byFaouzi Bensaïdi
Screenplay byFaouzi Bensaïdi
Produced byEntre Chien et Loup, Agora Film, Liaison Cinématographique
StarringFehd Benchemsi, Fouad Labiad, Mouchcine Malzi, Iman Mechrafi, Nezha Rahil, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Edited byDanielle Anezin
Music byRichard Horowitz
Distributed byUrban Distribution
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
117 minutes
CountriesMorocco
Belgium
France
LanguageArab

Plot

Drifting youngsters under the leaden sky of Tetouan, a city in northern Morocco. Malik, Allal and Soufiane, are desperate petty criminals, who try to flee a life of material and moral poverty. None of them finds a way out: Malik is in love with the prostitute Dounia and to help her accepts working with a corrupt police inspector, Allal pushes drugs and has the police hot on his heels, Soufiane gives vent to his rage by embracing the cause of fundamentalism. The three friends decide to attempt a job in a jeweller's for a last chance.[4]

Awards
  • Berlin International Film Festival 2012
  • Brussels Film Festival 2012
  • Moroccan National Film Festival 2012

See also

References
  1. "Death for Sale". festival-cannes.fr. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  2. Death for Sale at IMDb
  3. ""Mort à Vendre" de Faouzi Bensaidi représentera le Maroc aux Oscars 2013". www.libe.ma. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  4. African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival - Milan Archived 2012-07-11 at the Wayback Machine - 22nd edition (license CC BY-SA)


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