Mascarades

Nov 25, 2008

1h 33m

★ 6.6

Overview

Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is his headstrong, narcoleptic sister Rym who falls asleep anywhere and whom the village is convinced will end up a spinster. One evening, Mounir returns from town drunk and announces that he's found a suitor for his sister. The fake story snowballs and snowballs until the suitor morphs into a rich, blonde Australian. The village begins preparing for the wedding in earnest - but without a bridegroom in sight.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Dharamsala

ARTE France Cinéma

Mascarades Trailers

Cast

Rym Mekbel

Sarah Reguieg

Habiba

Rym Takoucht

Amine

Merouane Zmirli

Khliffa Boukhati

Mohamed Bouchaib

Redouane Lamouchi

Mourad Khen

Mounir Mekbel

Lyes Salem

Man on the Bus #1

Khaled Benaissa

Man on the Bus #2

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