NOMADS
Directed by Olivier Coussemacq, 2019





SYNOPSIS
Hossein, a teenage boy who is connected to the increasingly globalized world, dreams of a freer future far from his native Tangier.
But his mother, Naïma, is determined that he not follow in his brother’s tragic footsteps, and takes him to the South against his will.
In this new setting, he gets his first taste of romantic love and disillusionment, and reconnects with his mother, whose love he finally recognizes.
Cast
LJamil IDRISSI
Jalila TALEMSI Assma EL HADRAMI Mohamed QUATIB Saïd EL MOKTARI Rim FETHI
Pauline DISCRY
Technical Crew
Directed by
Olivier COUSSEMACQ
Written by
Olivier COUSSEMACQ
Photography
Jean-Pierre RENAUDAT
Editing
Julien CADILHAC
Sound
Nicolas WASCHKOWSKI Corinne GIGON
Frédéric HAMELIN
Original score
Sarah MURCIA
Technical Data
Fiction - Maroc - 2019
87 minutes - HD - Color - 1.85 - 5.1
Version
French
French with English Subtitles
Production
Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films
A perte de vue
Awman Production
Distribution
Local Films Distribution
International Sales
Local Films Distribution
Partnerships
Advance on receipts for national film production from Morocco, Region Bretagne
CNC
TV5MONDE
Festivals
Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival / Egypte / 2019 - Best Film Award – Best Director Award –
Best Actress Award
Festival Harhoura / Maroc / 2019 - Main Award – Cinephilia Award –
Best Actor Award
New York African Diaspora Film Festival / USA / 2019
Moscow International Film Festival / Russie / 2019
Rencontres du Sud d’Avignon / France / 2019
Louxor African Film Festival / Égypte / 2019
Tanger Film Festival / Maroc / 2019
Festival Montreurs d’Images / France / 2019
Matériel
TRAILER
Olivier COUSSEMACQ was an assistant director for 12 years, for both television and film. He worked briefly as an assistant film editor. He directed television series, mostly for the French channels TF1 and M6. His first film, PAROLES EN LIBERTE SURVEILLÉE, was a documentary about the living conditions of convicts serving long-term sentences in French prisons. This film was selected at the Cinéma du réel festival in Paris.
Three short films followed: PAS PERDUS (which earned Jacques Penot the Prix de Interprétation Masculine at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival), LE LARBIN, and LA CONCIERGE EST DANS L’ASCENSEUR, a comedy with Omar Sy and Catherine Jacob, which appeared several times on television.
He later wrote the thriller TRAQUEE directed by Steve Suissa, then decided to concentrate on screenwriting. His script LE DESERT DE LA MEMOIRE received a special mention from the jury for the Grand Prize for Best Screenplay (Sopadin). He was also selected by Emergence, the International Summer Film University, for the screenplay CORPS ETRANGERS.
In 2009, he directed L’ENFANCE DU MAL (SWEET EVIL), his first feature film, which marked the beginning of his collaboration with Nicolas Brevière and Local Films, and allowed young Anaïs Demoustier to win the Women’s Interpretation Award in International Film Festival Karlovy Vary.
LET ME GO is his second feature film for Local Films. Two other feature films are currently being developed:
LA BEAUTE DU GESTE, winner of the Beaumarchais association, for Good Fortune Films and Urban Factory, with backing from EAVE and Pictanovo; LE COMBAT, for Local Films.