Country: Morocco
Year: 1999
Duration: 27'
Tunis. Mémia, a twenty-year-old with a slight psychic disorder, lives with her parents, rich land owners. Without knowing what love is, Mémia has a secret passion for a young man who works in the house across the street. She watches him all day long from her window. But she will be forced to marry another person.
"From her window, Mémia looks at the man she would like to love. The only ambition of this film is to accompany Mémia in her awakening to love"( Mehdi Ben Attia, Zina Modiano).
Biography
film director
Mehdi Ben Attia
Mehdi Ben Attia (Tunis, 1968), a graduate in political sociology from the University of Paris, has worked for years as a journalist. He has a passion for cinema and since 1998 has collaborated with Canal Plus. En face is his first short film.
FILMOGRAFIA
En face (1999).
Zina Modiano
Zina Modiano was born in Paris in 1974. After completing her studies at the Fine Arts Academy of Paris, specializing in painting, she began working in cinema as a scenographer. She debuted in the theater as both actress and director. In 1997 she made her first short film, Grogne, starring Mehdi Ben Attia. At the moment she works for Canal Plus.
FILMOGRAFIA
Grogne (cm, video, 1997), En face (1999).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Mehdi Ben Attia, Zina Modiano.
Director of photography: Nathalie Sarles.
Sound: Frédéric Salles.
Editor: Caroline Desplechin.
Cast and characters: Amel Smaoui (Mémia), Mohamed Ali Cherif (il padre), Néjia Ouji (la madre), Dalila Meftahi (la cuoca).
Producer: Christian Tison.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Lancelot Films, 23, rue de Saint-Petersbourg, 75008 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-44908390, fax +33-1-44908391.
Co-production: Cinétéléfilm.
Director of photography: Nathalie Sarles.
Sound: Frédéric Salles.
Editor: Caroline Desplechin.
Cast and characters: Amel Smaoui (Mémia), Mohamed Ali Cherif (il padre), Néjia Ouji (la madre), Dalila Meftahi (la cuoca).
Producer: Christian Tison.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Lancelot Films, 23, rue de Saint-Petersbourg, 75008 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-44908390, fax +33-1-44908391.
Co-production: Cinétéléfilm.