A THOUSAND MONTHS
synopsis
Mille Mois explores a little-known aspect of Maroccan history. Mehdi, a 7-year-old boy, and his mother, Amina, move in with Amina’s father, Ahmed. The adults tell Mehdi that his father has gone to work in France: he is actually in prison. Mehdi is given the privilege at school of being promoted monitor, a role he takes very seriously and his jealous classmates turn against him. As if that were not enough, life in their village is getting tougher by the day: a severe drought is killing the crops.
international title: | A Thousand Months |
original title: | Mille mois |
country: | France, Belgium, Morocco |
sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Faouzi Bensaïdi |
film run: | 124' |
release date: | FR 01/10/2003, BE 21/01/2004 |
screenplay: | Faouzi Bensaïdi |
cast: | Faouzi Bensaïdi, Fauad Labied, Nezha Rahil, Mohamed Majd, Mohamed Bastaoui, Abdelati Lambarki |
cinematography by: | Antoine Héberlé |
film editing: | Sandrine Deegen |
art director: | Véronique Melery, Naïma Bouanani |
costumes designer: | Emma Bellocq |
producer: | Laurent Lavolé, Isabelle Pragier, Diana Elbaum |
production: | Gloria Films Production, Entre Chien et Loup, Agora Films (MA) |
distributor: | MK2 Distribution, Cinéart (BE) |