CERTIFIÉE HALAL / CERTIFIED HALAL

2014, Colour, Algeria, Belgium, France, Focus on World Cinema 

Production Team

Director : Mahmoud Zemmouri

Screenwriter : Marie-Laurence Attias, Mahmoud Zemmouri

Cinematographer : Bernard Vervoort, Alessandro Pesci

Editor : Marie-Claire Renaud, Malik Djaad

Cast : Hafsia Herzi, Mourade Zeguendi, Smaïn Fayrouze, Nadia Kounda, Abdelhamid Gouri, Omar Taïri

Music : Franck Lebon

Film production and Sales : Prod.: Marie-Laurence Attias, Fennec Productions, 3 rue de Duras, 75008 Paris (France), fennec.prod@gmail.com / Antinea Audiovisuel, Wilaya de Blida (Algérie)

Synopsis

In a remote village in North Africa, two wedding processions merge around the small Marabout building. In the confusion the families get their identically-veiled brides mixed up. 

Director

Born in Boufarik, Algeria in 1946, Mahmoud Zemmouri studied film at university before launching his professional career as an actor, screenwriter and director. Selected filmography: La Brèche (1976), PRENDS 10 000 BALES ET CASSE-TOI (1981), LES FOLLES ANNÉES DU TWIST (1983), DE HOLLYWOOD À TAMANRASSET (1991), 100% ARABICA (1997), some shown at the MWFF.