Masquerades (film)

Masquerades (Arabic: مسخرة, romanized: Maskhara) is a 2008 Algerian-French film directed by Lyes Salem.

Masquerades
Directed by	Lyes Salem
Screenplay by	Lyes Salem, Nathalie Saugeon
Produced by	Dharamsala
Starring	Lyes Salem, Sarah Reguieg, Mohamed Bouchaïb, Rym Takoucht
Cinematography	Pierre Cottereau
Edited by	Florence Ricard
Music by	Mathias Duplessy
Release date	2008 (2008)
Running time	92'
Countries	Algeria France

Synopsis

A village in Algiers. Proud and a bluffer, Mounir wishes to be admired by all, but he has a weakness: His sister, Rym, who falls asleep anywhere. One night on the way back from the city, and quite inebriated, he shouts out to all and sunder that a rich businessman has asked for his sister's hand. By the next morning, he's the envy of all. Trapped by his own lie, Mounir changes his family's destiny.

Cast

• Mounir (Lyes Salem) - Habiba's husband, and Rym's older brother
• Rym (Sarah Reguieg) - Mounir's sister and object of Khliffa's affection
• Khliffa (Mohamed Bouchaïb) - Mounir's best friend, in love with Rym
• Habiba (Rym Takoucht) - Mounir's wife
• Amine (Merouane Zmirli) - Mounir and Habiba's boy
• Rédouane Lamouchi (Mourad Khan) - businessman and conman

Production

Masquerades is an Algerian-French co-production, directed by Lyes Salem.^[1]

Awards

• Fespaco 2009 (Burkina Faso)
• Festival Francophone de Namur 2008 (Belgium)
• Festival Francophone d’Angoulême 2008 (France)
• Dubai International Film Festival 2008^[2]