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Mehdi and Hamid work for a collection agency in Casablanca. Prisoners of their own wandering, the two gawky associates visit remote villages of the great South of Morocco in order to get money out of indebted people.

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Wendy Ide Screen International 05/19/2023
The contrast in tones is more jarring than complimentary and, most crucially, the picture runs out of steam long before it draws to a close. Go to Full Review
Jara Yáñez Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 05/23/2023
Two films that look at each other like a mirror, then drift towards indefinite territories that speak to Western, and fable-like elements; even a particular abstraction of some compromising transcendental temptations. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Elena Lazic Cineuropa 05/18/2023
The shift in tone is so brutal that this second part of the film, coming as it does after the more dynamic first half, is difficult to fully appreciate. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis Mehdi and Hamid work for a collection agency in Casablanca. Prisoners of their own wandering, the two gawky associates visit remote villages of the great South of Morocco in order to get money out of indebted people.
Director
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Producer
Saïd Hamich Ben Larbi, Nicole Gerhards, Sébastien Delloye
Screenwriter
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Production Co
Barney Production
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
2h 3m