CASABLANCA

Adriano valerio

france italy 2023 63 min

Fouad, son of the Imam of a popular neighborhood in Casablanca, has been clandestine in Italy for ten years, awaiting medical treatment. Daniela comes from an upper middle-class family of esotericists from Puglia. A former drug addict, she lives in great loneliness. They met by chance in Umbria, and they both claim without hesitation that the other saved their life. Their meeting is the beginning of a love that helps them heal to the slow rhythm of seasons and daily rituals, a suspended place that dances in time. Yet, over the years, Fouad gets tired of waiting for his Visa, exhausted by an environment he feels he will never belong to. Is he going to return to Casablanca, even if that means never going back to Italy?

• About the film

  Directed by Adriano Valerio

  Screenplay Adriano Valerio

  Cast Fouad Oulad Syed Daniela Scarlatti

  Music Enrico Ascoli

  Cinematography Diego Romero Suarez Llanos Jonathan Ricquebourg

  Editing Andrea Maguolo Alice Roffinengo

  Production Companies Films Grand Huit Dugong Films Sayonara Film Salt for Sugar Films

• Festivals & Awards

  Giornate degli Autori — Venice Days
  2023 | Official Selection — Notti Veneziane

  Perugia Social Film Festival
  2023 | Special Mention

  Cinemed — Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection
  Nomination: Ulysses Award — Best Documentary

  Marrakech International Film Festival
  2023 | Official Selection — The 11th Continent

  Rome International Documentary Festival
  2023 | Official Selection

  Apricot Tree International Ethno-Film Festival
  2023 | FILMADARAN Film Culture Development Organization Special Prize

  Ismailia International Film Festival
  2024 | Special Mention — Feature Film

  Festival del Cinema Europeo
  2024 | Official Selection

  Transilvania International Film Festival
  2024 | Official Selection — What's Up, Doc?
  Nomination: What's Up, Doc? Award

  Sole Luna Doc Film Festival
  2024 | Official Selection

  Arab Film Festival Berlin
  2024 | Official Selection

  Festival del Cinema Africano, d’Asia e America Latina
  2024 | Official Selection

  Traces de Vies — Festival de Cinéma Documentaire
  2024 | Official Selection
  Nomination: Prix Regard documentaire Hors Frontières — Best Film

  International Film Festival of Uruguay
  2024 | Panorama de Largometrajes Internacionales

  Moscow International Film Festival
  2024 | Festival Cocktail

  Berlin Critics’ Week
  2025 | Official Selection