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Malek, a Lebanese immigrant from Montreal, is haunted by the violent death of his sister. Convinced that he could have avoided this tragedy, he is consumed with guilt. He lives alone, poor, jobless until he meets Shohreh, an Iranian girl, with whom he falls in love. A new life opens up to him and he quickly finds work. Malek gradually regains his dignity but the past resurfaces to the point where he is pushed, almost in spite of himself, to finally settle his accounts with himself.Read moreLess
Malek, a Lebanese immigrant from Montreal, is haunted by the violent death of his sister. Convinced that he could have avoided this tragedy, he is consumed with guilt. He lives alone, poor, jobless until he meets Shohreh, an Iranian girl, with whom he falls in love. A new life opens up to him and he quickly finds work. Malek gradually regains his dignity but the past resurfaces to the point where he is pushed, almost in spite of himself, to finally settle his accounts with himself.
The story
Malek, a Lebanese immigrant from Montreal, is haunted by the violent death of his sister. Convinced that he could have avoided this tragedy, he is consumed with guilt. He lives alone, poor, jobless until he meets Shohreh, an Iranian girl, with whom he falls in love. A new life opens up to him and he quickly finds work. Malek gradually regains his dignity but the past resurfaces to the point where he is pushed, almost in spite of himself, to finally settle his accounts with himself.
Cast & crew
Tewfik JallabMalek
Hiba AboukShoreh
Karine VanasseGeneviève
Joseph AntakiHead chef
Wissam FaresTony
Manal IssaSouad
Mani SoleymanlouRezaExplore the crew
- Director
- Guy Édoin
- Producer
- Réal Chabot
- Writer
- Claude Lalonde
- Original Music Composer
- Olivier Alary
- Original Music Composer
- Johannes Malfatti
- Director of Photography
- Michel La Veaux
- Editor
- Yvann Thibaudeau
- Producer
- Bénédicte Bellocq
- Producer
- Souad Lamriki