Drama · France · 2018 · 1h 27m

The Child of the Sahara

Le fils du désert

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Director
Laurent Merlin
Cast
Ahd Saddik as Mohamed Abdelmoula Oukhita as Hassan Blandine Pélissier as Director, Social Services Sarah Bensoussan as Social Worker Jean-Claude Aumont as Grandfather Lahbiba El Basraoui as Mother
Crew
Daniele Nannuzzi — Director of Photography Laurent Merlin — Writer Marie Adler — Producer Pierre Feuillatre — Production Design
Synopsis

While in high school class, a French teenager of Moroccan origin loses his parents in a car accident. A few days later, social services learn that he was adopted and that his natural parents are his aunt and uncle who live in a small village in the Sahara... He decided to join them.

Mood & Themes
moroccofatal accident
Key Collaborators
Laurent Merlin Director Daniele Nannuzzi Director of Photography Laurent Merlin Writer Marie Adler Producer Pierre Feuillatre Production Design
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