Masquerades () is a 2008 Algerian-French film directed by Lyes Salem.
Synopsis A village in Algiers. Proud and a bluffer, Mounir wishes to be admired by all, but he has a weakness: His sister, Rym, who falls asleep anywhere. One night on the way back from the city, and quite inebriated, he shouts out to all and sunder that a rich businessman has asked for his sister's hand. By the next morning, he's the envy of all. Trapped by his own lie, Mounir changes his family's destiny.
Cast Mounir (Lyes Salem) - Habiba's husband, and Rym's older brother Rym (Sarah Reguieg) - Mounir's sister and object of Khliffa's affection Khliffa (Mohamed Bouchaïb) - Mounir's best friend, in love with Rym Habiba (Rym Takoucht) - Mounir's wife Amine (Merouane Zmirli) - Mounir and Habiba's boy Rédouane Lamouchi (Mourad Khan) - businessman and conman Lydia Larini
Production
Masquerades is an Algerian-French co-production, directed by Lyes Salem.
Awards Fespaco 2009 (Burkina Faso) Festival Francophone de Namur 2008 (Belgium) Festival Francophone d’Angoulême 2008 (France) Dubai International Film Festival 2008
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