Heaven's Doors
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Screens: Thursday March 29th at 7:00 PM
DIRECTOR: Imad & Swel Noury bio
Producer: Maria Pilar Cazorla
Screenwriter: Swel Noury
Cinematographer: Paulo Ares
Principal Cast: Hakim Noury, Aimee Meditz, Rabie Kati
Sound: Faouzi Thabet
World Sales: Latido Films
Genre: Drama
Length: 160 min
Country of Production: Morocco
Year of Production: 2006
Languages: Arabic with English Subtitles
Synopsis
Casablanca, 6:00 PM. Ney, a young Moroccan man in his early 20s, heads toward his victim's apartment in order to exact revenge. However, a simple squaring of accounts ends in a collision of three different lives.
Ney is taking care of his blind mother and little sister. His responsibilities exceed his means and lead him to the hands of Mansour, a local gangster.
Lisa is an American art professor and painter living alone in Casablanca after the death of her husband. She drowns her solitude in bourbon until two in-laws, a comatose mother, Souad, and her child, Salim, end up in her custody.
Ismail leaves jail after fifteen years. He needs to see his dying mother and see to the man who led to his incarceration. He is lost in a new Casablanca that is bigger, colder, and more hostile. A few choice meetings will open his eyes to his need to start over, but before he can, there is something he still must do.
Awards & Nominations
Best Film & Best Photography, Anonimul Film Festival
John Schlesinger Award, New Voices/New Visions, Palm Springs International Film Festival
Nominated, Grand Prix, Flanders International Film Festival
Festivals
Anonimul Film Festival
!F Istanbul Film Festival
Sao Paulo Film Festival
Seville Film Festival
Stockholm Film Festival