URGENT
synopsis
Driss and Zahra leave their fisherman's village to take their six-year-old son, Ayoub, to the emergency room of the Casablanca's public hospital. There they meet Driss' brother, Houcine, with whom they have been in conflict for years. The doctor diagnoses a brain problem requiring immediate action. This is the starting point of a painful journey exhausting each one. Are they ready to do everything to save Ayoub’s life?
international title: | Urgent |
original title: | Une urgence ordinaire |
country: | Switzerland, Morocco |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mohcine Besri |
film run: | 85' |
screenplay: | Mohcine Besri, Cécile Vargaftig |
cast: | Rachid Mustapha, Fatima Zahra Banacer, Youssef Alaoui, Said Bey, Ghalia Ben Zaouia, Ayoub Layoussifi, Younes Bouab, Noury Hakim, Zakaria Atifi |
cinematography by: | Denis Jutzeler |
film editing: | Naïma Bachiri |
costumes designer: | Armelle Demange |
music: | Walead Ben Selim |
producer: | Elisabeth Garbar, Lamia Chraibi |
production: | Louise Productions Sàrl, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, La prod (MA) |