Operation Casablanca

  • Opération Casablanca
Genre : Comedy
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Feature
Running time : 88 (in minutes)
http://www.operation-casablanca.com

Mistaken for a dangerous Islamist, Saadi, an illegal Arab immigrant, sets out on the most dangerous day of his life. A satirical comedy where a wrongly accused suspect gets mixed up in a worldwide terrorist plot.

His mother had warned him not to be too conspicuous! But one day Saadi, from Morocco and working illegally in Geneva for several months, is fired from his job without notice. Walking through the woods on his return to the city, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a mysterious kidnapping. A few moments later, Saadi is arrested by the police, who mistake him for one of the members of the commando that has just kidnapped the Secretary General of the UN. Consequently, he has just passed from the status of an illegal worker to that of a number one suspect!

A Switzerland / Canada / France coproduction

Directed by Laurent Nègre
Written by Laurent Nègre
Original idea : Mohcine Besri and Laurent Nègre

Original Version: French, colour, 35mm, 90 min.

Production : Bord Cadre films - Lyla Films - Ex Nihilo

Coproduction : Les Productions Equinoxe Films, Peacock Film AG, Télévision Suisse Romande, Telefilm Canada

Producer: Dan Wechsler
Cinematography: Yves Bélanger
Editing: Julien Sulser
Location Sound Mix: Jürg Lempen
Music: Ramachandra Bocar
Art Direction: Sébastian Birchler
Lighting: Bruno Ferland
Costumes: Nicole Ferrari
Casting: Gigi Akoka, Emmanuel Dorand

Cast
Tarik Bakhari : Saadi
Élodie Yung : Isako
Gilles Tschudi : Glauser
Zinedine Soualem : Hassan
Émile Proulx-Cloutier : Abdelkhani
Jean-Luc Bideau : Michel
Julieta Serrano : Mrs Rueda
Antoine Basler : Rueda
Yoshi Oïda : Takahata
Hicham Nazzal : Youssef

Special appearance by
Marie-Thérèse Porchet
Rachid Badouri
World Rights: Bord Cadre films Sàrl
Distribution Switzerland: Bord Cadre films Sàrl

World Premiere: Planned for Summer 2010


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An jenem Tag wird Saadi, ein junger Schwarzarbeiter aus Marokko, der seit einigen Monaten in Genf schuftet, von seinem Chef einmal zu viel malträtiert. Und weil er protestiert, wird er fristlos entlassen. Als er versucht, über die grüne Grenze nach Frankreich zu gelangen, wird er Zeuge einer Geiselnahme. Einige Minuten später verhaftet ihn eine Armada von Polizisten, die ihn für ein Mitglied des Kommandos halten, das soeben den Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen entführt hat. Saadi steckt mitten in einem terroristischen Komplott und wird kämpfen müssen, um seine Unschuld zu beweisen.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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