20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
David Oelhoffen is a French director and screenwriter. After directing four award-winning short films, he directed his first feature, Nos retrouvailles (2007), which was presented in La Semaine de la Critique at the Festival de Cannes. His next film, Far from Men (2013), a free adaptation of the short story L'Hôte by Albert Camus starring Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb, was selected for competition at the Venice International Film Festival. In 2018, Close Enemies, starring Reda Kateb and Matthias Schoenaerts, was also selected for the competition at Venice. In 2023, he directed The Last Men and The Fourth Wall, adapted from Sorj Chalandon's novel of the same name.
Lebanon, 1982. To keep a promise made to an old friend, Georges, an idealistic theater director, travels to Beirut for a project as utopian as it is risky: staging the play Antigone on the front line in order to steal a moment of peace from the raging civil war. The characters are to be played by actors from various political and religious camps. Lost in a city and a conflict he knows nothing about, Georges is guided by Marwan. As fighting resumes, everything is called into question, and Georges has to face up to the reality of war.
Director David Oelhoffen
Producer Christine Rouxel
Screenwriter David Oelhoffen
Cinematographer Guillaume Deffontaines
Production Designer Hussein Baydoun, Christina Schaffer
Editor Sandie Bompar
Sound Pierre Mertens, Quentin Collette, Angelo Dos Santos, Rana Eid, Loïc Collignon
Music Jérôme Reuter
Color Color
Production Company Eliph Productions, Rhamsa Productions, Amour Fou, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cinématographique
International Sales Company Le Pacte
Distributor MAD Distribution
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.