Deserts

Story

Synopsis

Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.

Director

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Writers

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Language

Arabic

Country

Belgium, Germany, France, Morocco

Release date

20 September 2023

Budget

$1,750,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Fehd Benchemsi

  Mehdi Attaf

• Abdelhadi Talbi

  Hamid Dergoune

• 

  Hajar Graigaa

  Selma / Hadda

• Rabii Benjhaile

  L'évadé

• Zhour Slimani

  Hlima

• 

  Maha Boukhari

  Naïma

• Abdellah Chicha

  Rabah

• 

  Mohamed Choubi

  Le père de Naïma

• Abdellah Echabbi

  Zemmouri

• Yasmine Balich

  Mounia

• Nezha Rahile

  La patronne

• Abdelghani Sannak

  Le Mouqadem