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Jan-Willem van Ewijk | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Morocco | 2014 | 89 min | Arabic, French
Young Moroccan fisherman Fettah feels lost between two worlds; his poor yet familiar village on the Atlantic coast and the exciting world of the rich European tourists who come there every summer to surf. One summer, he befriends Alexandra (Thekla Reuten). Once she has left, Fettah feels more than ever like a prisoner in the village. He decides to go to Europe – on his surfboard. It is a long, hazardous and lonely journey, 300 miles across the open sea. Every wave brings new doubts and dangers. His dreams and memories start to play with him. Every day, the horizon is still just as far away.
The stunning scenes in the open ocean are convincing in their beauty, but also because both the director and the principal actor, champion windsurfer Fettah Lamara, are devotees of the sport. The screenplay is partly based on Van Ewijk’s own experiences in the small fishing village and windsurfer’s paradise of Moulay Bouzerktoun in Morocco.
Place: The Cinemas 2
Date: 03/26/2015
Time: 19:45:00
Duration: 01:45:00
Place: The Cinemas 6
Date: 03/27/2015
Time: 14:15:00
Duration: 01:45:00
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 03/28/2015
Time: 22:00:00
Duration: 01:45:00
Year in
Festival
2015
Director
Jan-Willem van Ewijk
Camera
Jasper Wolf
Cast
Country
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Morocco
Editor
Mona Bräuer
Language
Arabic
French
Length
89 min
Music
Piet Swerts
Mourad Belouadi
Producer
Bero Beyer
Jan-Willem van Ewijk
Marion Hänsel
Fabian Massah
Production Company
Augustus Film, Propellor Film, Man’s Films Productions, Endorphine Production
Production Design
Karim Haffad
Sales
Fortissimo Films
Scenario
Jan-Willem van Ewijk
Abdelhadi Samih
Sound Design
Christian Monheim
Gervaise Demeure
Franco Piscopo
Year of Production
2014
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