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From February 15, 2013 until April 26, 2013
From April 5-26, Casa Árabe will continue to offer interesting and entertaining quality fiction films, playing four movies in Madrid that have premiered in recent years. These screenings have been organized in conjunction with the Second International Festival 14.4 Km.
We will be showing 678, a film by Mohamed Diab, containing a vivid portrait of three brave women who rebel against the violence from which they suffer. Women also play the main role in Sur la Planche (On the Edge), by Leila Kilani: two youths refuse to put up with difficulties of their daily routine, so they plot a risky plan to escape their situation. In Mascarades (Masquerades), a hilarious comedy by Lyes Salem, a young and prideful dreamer makes up a lie which ends up influencing his neighbors’ destiny. Last of all, Death for Sale, by Faouzi Bensaïdi, is the dramatic and captivating story of three young little thieves who, convinced that they can change their lives, find themselves wrapped up in something that gets out of hand.
678, by Mohamed Diab (Egypt, 2011, 100 min.)
Based on the real story of three women from different social classes who try to defend themselves from sexual harassment. Fayza, a conservative mother of two children, fights to seek justice. Seba, a wealthy jewelry designer, falls victim to a group attack, leading her to teach other women how to defend themselves from such crimes. And Nelly, an amateur stand-up comedian, suffers condemnation by the whole country by becoming the first Egyptian woman to file a lawsuit for sexual harassment. One of them turns into a ghost-like heroine who stirs things up all over the country.
The movie has earned successes at film festivals in Dubai, Montpellier, Chicago, Rotterdam and Taormina.
Tickets on sale here.
Sur la planche (On the Edge), by Leila Kilani (Morocco, Germany and France, 2011, 106 min.)
In Tangier, Badia and Imane, two Moroccan twenty-year-olds, work at a shrimp packing company, doing a rough, humiliating job. Badia’s hands are filled, but her mind lazes away. She wears a perfume of lies to help remove the smell of shrimp, and at night she makes her way through life with the freedom and energy of someone who refuses to give up.
This production took part in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Film in Motion Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
This screening has been made possible thanks to the cooperation of the African Film Festival of Cordoba – FCAT.
Tickets on sale here.
Mascarades (Masquerades), by Lyes Salem, (Algeria and France, 2008, 92 min.)
Mounir, a prideful braggart, wants everyone living in his little village to admire him, but he has his Achilles’ heel: his sister Rym. One night while quite drunk, he announces in the town square that a rich foreign businessman has asked for his sister’s hand in marriage. All the townspeople envy her. Trapped by his own lie, he will change his people’s destiny without even having meant to. An Algerian production and candidate for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, it was nominated for the César Prize for Best Debut Film and formed part of the Panorama section at the Tribeca International Film Festival.
Tickets on sale here.
Death for Sale, by Faouzi Bensaïdi (Belgium, France, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, 2011, 117 min.)
The story of three pickpockets in Tetouan, Morocco, who join forces to rob the biggest jewelry shop in the city, each with his own reason for taking part. Malik is madly in love with Dounia and wants to help her out of the world of prostitution. Allal wants to be somebody in the drug trafficking world. And Soufiane wants to take revenge on society. This project was selected by L’Atelier de Cannes and International Relations ARTE.
The Moroccan candidate for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. CICAE Award in the Panorama section of the Berlinale.
Tickets on sale here.
The films will be shown at the Casa Árabe Auditorium in Madrid (c/ Alcalá, 62) at 7:30 p.m. in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
Ticket sales in advance through the website, or on the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, starting one hour before each showing. Assigned seating.
Price: 3 euros for general tickets at the ticket window. 2 euros for Internet purchases and the officially unemployed, students of the Arabic language center and holders of the youth card. You must demonstrate any of these statuses by showing the proper document to get the discount.
You can watch the film previews in the MULTIMEDIA tab.
Screening Program
| Friday 1st March | 678, by Mohamed Diab (Egypt, 2011, 100 min.) |
| Friday 8th March | Sur la planche (On the Edge), by Leila Kilani (Morocco, Germany and France, 2011, 106 min.) |
| Friday 22nd March | Mascarades (Masquerades), by Lyes Salem, (Algeria and France, 2008, 92 min.) |
| Friday 5th April | Death for Sale, by Faouzi Bensaïdi (Belgium, France, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, 2011, 117 min.) |
| Friday 12nd April | 678, by Mohamed Diab (Egypt, 2011, 100 min.) |
| Friday 19th April | Sur la planche (On the Edge), by Leila Kilani (Morocco, Germany and France, 2011, 106 min.) |
| Friday 26th April | Death for Sale, by Faouzi Bensaïdi (Belgium, France, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, 2011, 117 min.) |
Synopses
678, by Mohamed Diab (Egypt, 2011, 100 min.)
Based on the real story of three women from different social classes who try to defend themselves from sexual harassment. Fayza, a conservative mother of two children, fights to seek justice. Seba, a wealthy jewelry designer, falls victim to a group attack, leading her to teach other women how to defend themselves from such crimes. And Nelly, an amateur stand-up comedian, suffers condemnation by the whole country by becoming the first Egyptian woman to file a lawsuit for sexual harassment. One of them turns into a ghost-like heroine who stirs things up all over the country.
The movie has earned successes at film festivals in Dubai, Montpellier, Chicago, Rotterdam and Taormina.
Tickets on sale here.
Sur la planche (On the Edge), by Leila Kilani (Morocco, Germany and France, 2011, 106 min.)
In Tangier, Badia and Imane, two Moroccan twenty-year-olds, work at a shrimp packing company, doing a rough, humiliating job. Badia’s hands are filled, but her mind lazes away. She wears a perfume of lies to help remove the smell of shrimp, and at night she makes her way through life with the freedom and energy of someone who refuses to give up.
This production took part in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Film in Motion Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
This screening has been made possible thanks to the cooperation of the African Film Festival of Cordoba – FCAT.
Tickets on sale here.
Mascarades (Masquerades), by Lyes Salem, (Algeria and France, 2008, 92 min.)
Mounir, a prideful braggart, wants everyone living in his little village to admire him, but he has his Achilles’ heel: his sister Rym. One night while quite drunk, he announces in the town square that a rich foreign businessman has asked for his sister’s hand in marriage. All the townspeople envy her. Trapped by his own lie, he will change his people’s destiny without even having meant to. An Algerian production and candidate for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, it was nominated for the César Prize for Best Debut Film and formed part of the Panorama section at the Tribeca International Film Festival.
Tickets on sale here.
Death for Sale, by Faouzi Bensaïdi (Belgium, France, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, 2011, 117 min.)
The story of three pickpockets in Tetouan, Morocco, who join forces to rob the biggest jewelry shop in the city, each with his own reason for taking part. Malik is madly in love with Dounia and wants to help her out of the world of prostitution. Allal wants to be somebody in the drug trafficking world. And Soufiane wants to take revenge on society. This project was selected by L’Atelier de Cannes and International Relations ARTE.
The Moroccan candidate for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. CICAE Award in the Panorama section of the Berlinale.
Tickets on sale here.
The films will be shown at the Casa Árabe Auditorium in Madrid (c/ Alcalá, 62) at 7:30 p.m. in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
Ticket sales in advance through the website, or on the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, starting one hour before each showing. Assigned seating.
Price: 3 euros for general tickets at the ticket window. 2 euros for Internet purchases and the officially unemployed, students of the Arabic language center and holders of the youth card. You must demonstrate any of these statuses by showing the proper document to get the discount.
You can watch the film previews in the MULTIMEDIA tab.
