Short synopsis : From the acclaimed director of Sheherazade, a ground-breaking fantasy epic set in the troubled housing projects of Marseille.

Long synopsis : 14-year-old Grasshoppers gang member Djibril leads a dangerous existence in a Marseille slum, along with his pregnant girlfriend Camilla who belongs to a rival gang, the Crickets. When Djibril is manipulated into killing the young Cricket Mahad, war breaks out. Djibril is haunted by the curse Mahad spat out as he lay dying, and begins to communicate with the spirit world. Convinced that global apocalypse is imminent, he embarks on a crazy plan to flee with Camilla and their unborn child – the only one capable of saving them all from Mahad’s malediction. But the law catches up with him. Now, after 12 years in prison and a secure psychiatric unit, Djibril will do whatever it takes to find his daughter and convince her to fulfil his prophecy. From the acclaimed director of Sheherazade, a ground-breaking fantasy epic set in the troubled housing projects of Marseille.

Cast

• Oumar Moindjie, Dalil Abdourahim, Mohamed Soumare, Amal Issihaka Hali, Rachid Ousseni, Wallen El Gharbaoui, Maryssa Bakoum

Crew

• Producer(s): UNITE, VATOS LOCOS PRODUCTIONS
• Director(s): Jean-Bernard Marlin
• Screenplay: Jean-Bernard Marlin
• DP: Jonathan Ricquebourg

• Original Title: SALEM
• Genre(s): Drama


• Production company: UNITE, VATOS LOCOS PRODUCTIONS
• Production date: 2022
• Language: French
• Duration: 160 min
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