La Mer au loin
Saïd Hamich
Nour, 27, emigrated to Marseille illegally. With his friends, he makes a living out of petty crime and leads a marginal, partying life... But his encounter with charismatic and unpredictable cop Serge and his wife Noémie, will turn his life upside down. From 1990 to 2000, Nour loves, ages and clings to his dreams.
Cast : Ayoub Gretaa, Grégoire Colin, Anna Mouglalis, Sarah Henochsberg, Omar Boulakirba
Scenario : Saïd Hamich
Cinematography : Tom Harari
Sound : François Abdelnour
Editing : Damien Bouffioux, Lilian Corbeille
Scenario : Saïd Hamich
Cinematography : Tom Harari
Sound : François Abdelnour
Editing : Damien Bouffioux, Lilian Corbeille
Production : Barney Production, Mont Fleuri Production, Tarantula
Distribution : The Jokers
Distribution : The Jokers
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi is a French-Moroccan screenwriter, director and producer, a graduate of La Fémis and a Lagardère Foundation prize-winner. He has collaborated with filmmakers such as Faouzi Bensaïdi, Philippe Faucon, Leyla Bouzid, Nabil Ayouch, Yasmine Benkiran, Camille Lugan and Kamal Lazraq. In 2018, his first feature film Retour à Bollène (Return to Bollène) was nominated for the Prix Louis-Delluc for Best First Film. In 2022, his short film Le Départ was selected for numerous international festivals – Namur, Rotterdam, Palm Springs, Cleveland, Rhode Island, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble..., winning around twenty awards and a César nomination. La Mer au loin (Across the Sea) is his second feature film.