Masquerades (film)

Masquerades
Directed byLyes Salem
Screenplay byLyes Salem, Nathalie Saugeon
Produced byDharamsala
StarringLyes Salem, Sarah Reguieg, Mohamed Bouchaïb, Rym Takoucht
CinematographyPierre Cottereau
Edited byFlorence Ricard
Music byMathias Duplessy
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
92'
CountriesAlgeria
France

Masquerades (Arabic: مسخرة, romanizedMaskhara) is a 2008 Algerian-French film directed by Lyes Salem.

Synopsis

[edit]

A village in Algiers. Proud and a bluffer, Mounir wishes to be admired by all, but he has a weakness: His sister, Rym, who falls asleep anywhere. One night on the way back from the city, and quite inebriated, he shouts out to all and sunder that a rich businessman has asked for his sister's hand. By the next morning, he's the envy of all. Trapped by his own lie, Mounir changes his family's destiny.

Cast

[edit]
  • Mounir (Lyes Salem) - Habiba's husband, and Rym's older brother
  • Rym (Sarah Reguieg) - Mounir's sister and object of Khliffa's affection
  • Khliffa (Mohamed Bouchaïb) - Mounir's best friend, in love with Rym
  • Habiba (Rym Takoucht) - Mounir's wife
  • Amine (Merouane Zmirli) - Mounir and Habiba's boy
  • Rédouane Lamouchi (Mourad Khan) - businessman and conman

Production

[edit]

Masquerades is an Algerian-French co-production, directed by Lyes Salem.[1]

Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Global Film Discussion Guide - Masquerades
  2. ^ Bayoumi, Mohamed Hussein (18 December 2008). "5th Dubai International Film Festival". FIPRESCI. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
[edit]