Five people with contrasting profiles compete for a position within Matsuika, a multinational corporation recently set up in Morocco. Following an interview with the C.E.O., they are advised to undertake a mysterious test in a secret location. It will determine who will hold the position. All five applicants accept and are led into a distressing bus with no windows. After endless driving, an accident occurs with the candidates trapped in the wreck. Thanks to a joint effort, they manage to evacuate the bus only to find themselves lost in the desert with their driver nowhere to be found. They start to wander, questioning the nature of the accident. Is it part of the test? Despite their will to survive and an urge to find clues, mirages of their most intimate fears begin to haunt them.

A film by Talal Selhami

France / Morocco, 2010, feature drama, 1hr45, Color, Adventure / Horror / Fantasy

starring Aïssam Bouali, Karim Saïdi, Omar Lotfi, Meryam Raoui, Mustapha El Houari, Eric Savin.

1st Feature drama

Mirages
Mirages Bande-annonce VO

Year: 2010
Country: Morocco | France
Language: French
Runtime: 105 mn
Genres: Aventure / Epouvante-horreur / Fantastique
Type: Long-métrage, fction
Langues : Arabic, French
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Plot keywords:
Fear | desert | mirage | baby | hole in wall | hole in the wall | cigarette smoking | urination | wheelchair | blood | murder | cell phone | paranoia | surrealism | car accident | minibus | hallucination | death | survival | water | one word title | surprise ending

Producer: Nabil Ayouch
Associated Producer: Alain Rozanes
Associated Producer: Stéphane Lehembre
Associated Producer: Talal Selhami

Director: Talal Selhami
Screenwriter: Christophe Mordellet,
Adaptation: Talal Selhami
Director of Photography: Mohamed Sellam
Film Editing by Noémie Moreau
Ferdaousse Kandil... makeup artist
Mohamed El Meziane... production manager
Redouane Inzig... unit manager
Roukaya Raji... assistant production manager
Stéphane Chaput... first assistant director / second unit director
Azzedine Riyad... second assistant director
Zaki Allal... sound mixer
Stéphane de Rocquigny... sound recordist (as Stéphane De Rocquigny)
Mathieu Farnarier... dialogue editor
Nikolas Javelle... sound designer / sound editor
Taha Marhoum... boom operator
Julien Naudin... foley artist
Sébastien Viguier... post synchronization
David Scherer... special effects makeup
Karim Debbache... visual effects
Jean François Fontaine... visual effects supervisor
Antoine Lhouillier... visual effects
Hugues Martin... visual effects artist
Yov Moor... finishing
Pascal Nowak... digital colorist
Camera and Electrical Department
Youssef Ahbid... grip: adventure
Zakaria Badreddine... camera operator
Guillaume Gibout... first assistant camera
Mohamed Lyassini... electrician
Adrien Radici... camera operator
Bouchra Caieneallah... costumer
Xavier Collet... composer: theme music
Sébastien Viguier... music mixer
Karim Chériguène... script advisor
Clémence Imbert... script supervisor
Zaki Allal... post production coordinator
Nathalie Iund... press attache

CAST
Eric Savin... Alexandre German
Aïssam Bouali... Saïd
Karim Saidi... Hicham
Omar Lotfi... Samir
Mohamed Choubi... L'homme en costume noir
Mustapha El Houari... Jamal
Chaouki El Ofir... Mustapha
Mohamed Aouragh... Ahmed
Laila Fadili... Asmaa
Meryam Raoui... Assia

Filming Locations
Casablanca, Morocco
Ouarzazate, Morocco

Production Companies
Alchimix
Ali'n Productions
SNRT

Distributor
Ali'n Productions (2009) (Morocco) (theatrical)

Special Effects
Alchimix

Release Dates
Morocco - 7 December 2010 (Marrakech International Film Festival)
France - 27 January 2011 (Gérardmer Film Festival)
France - 10 April 2011 (Lyon Fenêtres sur le cinéma du Sud)
Switzerland - 2 July 2011 (Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival)