Northern Wind

  • Vent du Nord
Type : Fiction
Original title : الرياح الشمالية
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2018
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)
http://www.beforfilms.com/northern-wind

Marcel, a worker in a French shoe factory, lives a simple life between family, fishing and the local betting bar. When the factory unexpectedly relocates to Tunisia. Marcel finds himself unemployed and in search of a new future. Meanwhile, in Tunis, Foued starts working at the shoe factory to help out his ailing mother and woo the girl he fancies. The two men's paths cross when it is least expected.

A film by Walid Mattar

Tunisia / France / Belgium / Qatar, 2018, Feature Drama, 90', Original Language: Arabic / French

starring Philippe Rebbot, Mohamed Amine Hamzaoui, Corinne Masiero, Thierry Hancisse, Kacey Mottet-Klein.

Feature debut



Interests: Drama, Social Issues, Immigration, Identity
Running time - 91'
Ratio - scope
Language - French, Arabic

Produced by Saïd Hamich (Barney Production)

Director: Walid Mattar
Screenwriters: Leyla Bouzid, Claude Le Pape et Walid Mattar
Director of Photography: Martin Rit

CAST
Philippe REBBOT
Mohamed Amine HAMZAOUI
Kacey MOTTET KLEIN
Corinne MASIERO
Abir BENNANI ZAROUNI
Khaled BRAHMI
Thierry HANCISSE

Production : Barney Production

Co-production :
Hélicotronc (Belgium) - www.helicotronc.com/Vent-du-Nord
Propaganda Production (Tunisia)

backed by the CNC's advance on receipts, Pictanovo, Eurimages, the Tunisian Ministry of Culture's production support, the Doha Film Institute and La Francophonie (OIF).

Distribution (Tunisia): Hakka Distribution
Distribution (France): KMBO

Sales company: Be For Films
https://www.beforfilms.com/northern-wind


2018 | 28è Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (28th Carthage Film Festival), Tunis
* Golden Tanit Tahar Cheriaa (First Feature)
* Best Script / Prix du meilleur scénario
* TV5 Award / Prix du jury TV5 Monde.

2017 | 27è Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (27th Carthage Film Festival), Tunis
* Film Project de film - selected at Takmil
* won the award offered by MAD Solutions at the Takmil workshop held within the 27th Carthage Film Festival


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الرياح الشمالية

يعمل مارسيل في مصنع أحذية فرنسي ويعيش حياة عادية ويمضي يومه بين العائلة والصيد وحانة المراهنات. وعندما ينتقل المصتع لتونس، يجد مارسيل نفسه بلا عمل ويبحث عن فرصة عمل جديدة. وفي هذه الأثناء، تعرّفنا الأحدث بفؤاد والذي يعمل في المصنع في مقره الجديد في تونس ليساعد والدته المريضة وينال إعجاب الفتاة التي يسعى للارتباط بها. وبرغم تباعد المسافات بينهما، إلا أن قصتا فؤاد ومارسيل تتداخلان معًا بصورة غير متوقعة ستكشف عنها الأحداث

فيلم روائي طويل / تونس, فرنسا, قطر / ٢٠۱٦ / 0 دقائق / اللغة الأصلية: العربية, الفرنسية / الإهتمامات: دراما, قضايا اجتماعية, هجرة, هوية


Source:
www.dohafilminstitute.com/ar/financing/projects/grants/northern-wind

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