Country: Morocco
Year: 2000
Duration: 93'
Saïda is the sister of Amine, a thirteen-year-old boy who comes from a family of modest means. Saïda has been raped and the shock has made her mute. Kenza, their older sister, works as a maid for a well-known lawyer, Hamid Boussif. The man is running for election, but the behavior of his son Hicham might compromise his election campaign. Kenza and Amine know that it was Hicham who raped Saïda but the lawyer, who knows this as well, has threatened Kenza. Amine plots revenge.
«There are silences that are reassuring and tranquillizing because we want them; others bother us, humiliate us and most of the time are imposed on us. These are the silences of shame, fear; men and women retire and bury themselves in those silences; then there are the unpunished outrages by the man who is stronger because of the right of power. Tresses talks about that, and addresses all the people troubled by those silences and astonished at the impunity» (Jillali Ferhati).
Biography
film director
Jillali Ferhati
Jillali Ferhati was born in Khamisat, Morocco in 1948. He graduated in Letters and Sociology in Paris, where he also studied cinema and dramatic arts. He began his acting and directing career at the Théâtre International in Paris. He made his first short film in 1973. Besides having directed many full-length films, he has also worked as actor and screenwriter for other directors.
FILMOGRAFIA
Carum (cm, 1973), Bonjour Madame (cm, 1974), Jarha fi al-haît (A breach in the wall, 1977), Arâis min qasab (Dolls of reed, 1981), Shâtiu al-atfâl al-mafqûdîn (Lost children's beach, 1991), Kuius al-has (Emergency horses, 1995), Tresses (2000).
Cast
& Credits
Director and plot: Jillali Ferhati.
Screenplay: Xesc Bancelo, Jillali Ferhati.
Dialogues: Fatima Loukili.
Director of photography: Kamal Derkaoui.
Editor: Hélène Weiss-Muller.
Sound: Claude Bertrand.
Music: Ali Souissi, Hassan Souissi.
Cast and characters: Salima Belmoumen, Mohamed Miftah, Ramzi, Fawzi Bensaidi, Salwa Restragui, Mahmoud Ostour.
Producer: Jillali Ferhati.
Production company: Heracles Production, Tangeri, Marocco, tel. +212-39-930811.
Co-production: G. L. Production.
Screenplay: Xesc Bancelo, Jillali Ferhati.
Dialogues: Fatima Loukili.
Director of photography: Kamal Derkaoui.
Editor: Hélène Weiss-Muller.
Sound: Claude Bertrand.
Music: Ali Souissi, Hassan Souissi.
Cast and characters: Salima Belmoumen, Mohamed Miftah, Ramzi, Fawzi Bensaidi, Salwa Restragui, Mahmoud Ostour.
Producer: Jillali Ferhati.
Production company: Heracles Production, Tangeri, Marocco, tel. +212-39-930811.
Co-production: G. L. Production.