Hounds
Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage
Kamal Lazraq / Feature Narrative / France, Morocco, Belgium, Qatar / 100 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
In the working-class suburbs of Casablanca, father and son Hassan and Issam, struggle to survive from day to day. They get by on small-time deals and running errands for local gangs until one night; they are asked to carry out an abduction. Everything goes fine until their victim—an obese man—accidentally dies from a heart attack in the trunk of their car. Dib, who ordered the kidnapping, leaves Hassan and Issam no choice but to get rid of the body before dawn.
Credits
- Director
- Kamal Lazraq
- Screenwriter
- Kamal Lazraq
- Producer
- Said Hamich
About the Director
Kamal Lazraq is a Moroccan director born in 1984 in Casablanca. He graduated from La Fémis in Paris, and his graduation film, 'Drari', won the second prize of the Cinéfondation of the Festival of Cannes, and the Grand Prix for short films at the Belfort Entrevues Festival (France). In 2014, Kamal Lazraq finished his award-winning short film 'The man with a dog', produced by Barney Production.