KARIM BENSALAH

Genre: Fiction

Country: France

Year: 2023.

Duration: 96′.

Language: French, Arabic, VOSE.

Address: Karim Bensalah

Script: Jamal Belmahi, Karim Bensalah

Photo: Pierre-Hubert Martin (C)

Editing: Bénédicte Cazauran

Music: Adrien Casalis

Sound: Benjamin Rosier

Artistic direction: Gabrielle Desjean

Main actors:Hamza Meziani, Kader Affak, Souad Arsane, Mehdi Djaadi, Mostefa Djadjam

Production company: Oualid Baha, Eugénie Michel-Villette

Synopsis

Sofiane, a student in Lyon and son of a former Algerian diplomat, is the victim of an administrative decision and lives under the threat of deportation. Hoping to legalise his situation, he decides to work temporarily for Muslim undertakers in Roubaix. Lost in his identity and feeling bad about himself, rubbing shoulders with death will lead him down a brighter path.