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Morphine Melody (The)

  • Mélodie de la morphine (La) - [...]
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : Melodia Al Morphine
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2015
Format : Feature
Running time : 80 (in minutes)
http://www.themorphinemelody.com/En/index.html

Said Ettayer, a successful music composer, loses his memory in a car crash. He gradually starts to remember everything and his life returns to normal. However, months later, he realises that he cannot remember how he used to create music…

A young musician gets injured in an accident that affects his memory, so he rediscovers his past through a new memory that confuses what happened and what should have happened.
Is what a person recalls is really what they remember or what they want to believe has actually happened. Does a person change when they lose part of their memory? Can a person remake their same mistakes with the same accuracy? The film is an adventure including a lot of experimentation and courage, as well as deconstructing time, in an attempt to challenge the audience to cross the border between reality and illusions.

A film by Hicham AMAL

Morocco, 2015, Fiction, 1h20 mins [58 mins : Dubai FilmFest 2013], Drama / Arabic dialogue with English subtitles / Colour

starring Hicham Bahloul, Yasmina Bennani, Hassan Badida



Genre: Drama
Rating: 12+
Contains: Drugs, Adult References and Coarse Language
Country: Morocco
Type: Fiction
Color: Color
Duration : 89 min
Original Language: Arabic

Producer : Hicham Amal
Director : Hicham Amal
Scriptwriter : Hicham Amal
DOP : Christophe Larue
Sound : Ahmed Faïq, Rachid Agdid
Editor : Fadel Assaid

CAST
Hicham Bahloul,
Yasmina Bennani,
Hassan Badida,
Mohamed Choubi,
Zakaria Atifi,
Jawad Saghour,
Narjiss El Halak,
Fatima Ifriqi,
Mohamed Lachhab,
Hamid Najah,
Younes El Hazmir,
Mehdi Ouhadi.


Production : Caravan Chergui Productions

FESTIVALS / AWARDS

Selection /// 42nd CIFF - Cairo International Film Festival 2020 /// 02-10 Decembre || Competition: Horizons of Arab Cinema
www.ciff.org.eg/horizons-of-arab-cinema-competition/

2016 | 17ème Festival National du Film - Tanger 2016, Maroc | 26 Février au 05 Mars 2016
* Sélection - Compétition longs métrages
* Prix de la première oeuvre
* Prix du montage : Hicham Amal

http://www.ccm.ma/fnf17/lamelodie.html

2013 | 10th DIFF - Dubai Film Festival
* Selection - Muhr Arab Short (Compétition courts métrages arabes)
* Premiere: World Premiere
https://dubaifilmfest.com/en/films/34835/the_morphine_melody.html

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ARABIC

سعيد الطاير، عازف كمان بموهبة فريدة و صيت كبير، إستطاع أن يبني لنفسه نجاحا جماهيريا و نقديا بفضل الميلوديا التي يؤلفها، و أصبح في وقت قصير, من أهم الموسيقيين في وطنه

إلا أن قصة نجاحه المبهرة عرفت نهايتها، يومَ كان سعيد ضحية لحادثة سير

بسبب إصابته في الرأس، يفقد سعيد الذاكرة لمدة محدودة، إستطاع بعدها أن يستعيد

ذكرياته تدريجيا. و خلال بضعة أيام، إسترجع كل قواه و عادت حياته لسيرها الطبيعي

غير أنه يكتشف، بعد بضعة شهور، أنه لم يعد يتذكر كيف كان يؤلف موسيقاه

Source:
www.themorphinemelody.com/Ar/index.html

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