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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1998 - 19.26 July

Sections & Films

THE CLIFF

Category: Edition 1998

Synopsis
Hakim and his younger brother Said have to earn enough money to live on and to do this, when they manage to get there before their rivals, they paint the tombs in the cemetery. Sometimes they collect and sell empty bottles at the liquor market. One day Hakim finds a beach covered with empty bottles, but to get to it they have to climb the cliff.

Original Title La falaise
Italian Title La scogliera
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Short Film
Duration 18'
Production Year 1998
Nationality France
Directed by Faouzi Bensaidi

 regista faouzi bensaidiFAOUZI BENSAÏDI

Faouzi Bensaïdi (Meknès, March 14, 1967) is a Moroccan director and actor.
He graduated from the Institut Supérieur d'Art Dramatique et d'Animation Culturelle in Rabat, and later studied at the prestigious Conservatoire National Supérieure d'Art Dramatique in Paris.
He worked for many years as an actor and theater director before devoting himself to cinema.
In 1997 he made his first short film, La falaise, winner of more than 20 awards in French and international festivals.