Mehdi's life is simple until he meets Marie, an expatriate with a glamorous social life.

In Marrakech, Mehdi leads an exemplary life with his family and Selma, his new girlfriend. For the young couple, things are going smoothly until Mehdi meets Marie, a young French woman caught up in the social life of the expatriate community.


starring / avec


a film by / un film de
Meryem BENM'BAREK

Morocco / France / Belgium, FILM IN DEVELOPMENT, Feature Drama Fiction

INTENTION
BEHIND THE PALM TREES starts out as a romance, but gradually shifts to become a psychological thriller with a much darker atmosphere. My film is a love story, between Mehdi, a modest young Moroccan, and Marie, a young French expatriate with a luxurious life. But behind the palm trees, "History" inevitably played a part through the relationship of domination that still exists between Morocco and France.
With this film, I would like to follow a passion that will be consumed by cultural, economic and social differences. I would like to question our individual relationship to love and equality in a couple, but also to question love in its political dimension and to examine the way in which the family and, more broadly, society infiltrates the intimate. This film is above all the story of the failure of a man, who will have given everything for the illusion of a perfect happiness and social success, but who will be condemned to return to his family.
- Meryem BENM'BAREK

Original Title / Titre VO : DERRIÈRE LES PALMIERS
International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : BEHIND THE PALM TREES
Title (France) / Titre (France) : DERRIÈRE LES PALMIERS
Other Title (in Arabic) / Autre Titre (en arabe) :
Runtime / Durée :
Type / Type : Feature Fiction / Long-métrage Fiction
Genre : Drama / Drame
Language / Langue de tournage : French, Arabic / Français, Arabe
Country of Production / Pays de Production : France, Morocco, Belgium / France, Maroc, Belgique
Year of production / Année de production : 2022- - -
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Colors / Couleurs : Color / Couleur
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Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel : $2,614,911


CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS
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Produção / PRODUCER / PRODUCTEUR :
Jean BRÉHAT

Produção / CO-PRODUCER / COPRODUCTRICE :
Emma BINET

DIRECTOR / REALIZAÇÃO / RÉALISATRICE :
Meryem BENM'BAREK

Guionista / Screenplay / Scénariste :
Meryem BENM'BAREK

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PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Les Films du Veyrier (France)
Agora Films (Morocco)
Novak Prod (Belgium)

WITH THE SUPPORT OF / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE

PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES
Pyramide Films (France)

DISTRIBUTION
Pyramide Distribution (France)

VENTES / SALES

CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
Emma BINET (Les Films du Veyrier)
3 passage Gustave Lepeu
75011 Paris, France
+33 6 68 03 54 54
ebinet(@)tessalit.com


RELEASE / SORTIE SALLES



FESTIVALS / PRIX

* RED SEA SOUK PROJECTS //// Red Sea International Film Festival - RSIFF 2022, Saudi Arabia
https://redseafilmfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Book-of-Projects_English.pdf



Film Illustration © Ilyès Griyeb

Our Sources / Nos Sources :
- https://redseafilmfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Book-of-Projects_English.pdf