Karim Dridi – MRQE

Hors jeu

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this French comedy-drama, actor Angelo Bastiani installs satellite dishes when not auditioning for films. After being told he’s not convincing enough for a role in a gangster flick, Ange dons a mask and stages a parking-lot holdup, terrifying the film’s director and casting director to prove his point.

Pigalle

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

It’s a grim world of prostitution, drug dens, transvestites, junkies and murderers. The seediest side of urban life is examined in this tragedy. The film follows the complex, interwoven lives of four characters as they live their harsh and gritty nocturnal lives on the city streets. The main characters are Fifi a pickpocket who is simultaneously involved with Divine, a transvestite hooker and Vera a peep show dancer who refuses to be a hooker. Vera lives with her would-be pimp Jesus le Gitan, a small-scale drug dealer. When the area riff-raff become embroiled in hostilities, two of main characters are slowly killed in horrible ways. Fifi is then left to avenge their deaths.

Chouf

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Chouf: It means look in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the bosss right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence

Le Dernier vol

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is forced down in the Ténéré she meets Lieutenant Antoine Chauvet of the French Camel Corps who joins in the hunt for Lancaster. As the two endure hardships in the desert, they begin to develop feelings for each other.

Khamsa

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A 13 year old Gypsy boy escapes from foster home to continue a life of mischief and delinquency during a French summer.

Fureur

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Raphael is an ex-boxing champ who now trains his young brother Manu. Tony, Raphael’s ex-rival, returns to town to wed his reluctant fiance Chinh. As soon as Chinh and Raphael meet, sparks fly, and soon the two are sneaking out together.

Cuba feliz

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This documentary follows 76-year-old nomadic musician Miguel Del Morales during his travels throughout Cuba, Guantanamo and Trinidad. Amid his journey, he meets up with some long-lost friends and makes brand-new ones. This engaging film was shot with just one hand-held camera and was a Director’s Fortnight feature at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. French filmmaker Karim Dridi directs and co-writes.

Bye-Bye

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Paris, Ismaél, a young Tunisian, cares for two brothers, Nouredine, a cripple, and streetwise Mouloud, 14. In haste, Ismaél and Mouloud go to Marseilles where an uncle lives. Nouredine has died in a fire, and Ismaél feels guilt on top of grief. Ismaél becomes friends with Jacky, a white man whose father and brother hate immigrants. Mouloud hangs out with cousin Rhida who breaks Islamic rules and deals hash. Ismaél decides Mouloud must return to Tunisia, but the boy runs off, becoming an acolyte to Rhida’s supplier. Ismaél and Jacky’s Arab girlfriend start an affair, friends betray friends, and the racism gets ugly. Can Ismaél rescue himself and Mouloud or will life in France crush them?