Thursday, October 25, 2007

Moroccan movie on drug dealing business

La Vague blanche (The white wave, 2006)

Director: Mohammed Ali Majboud
Script Writer: Mohammed Ali Majboud
Cast: Aissam Bou Ali, Mohammed Qatib, Aliaa Reggab
Release Date: December 7, 2006 (Cairo Film Festival)
Genre: Drama
Country: Morocco
Time: 90 min.

About the movie: Mostafa Adib, 30, has just finished a prison sentence of five years or drug smuggling. One night on the beach he meets Nasser, who comes from a good family. Nasser asks him for help in getting out a package he found in the water. They discover that it contains dozens of kilogrammes of cocaine and they decide to sell it. Mostafa contributes with his connections in the drug dealing business, while Nasser puts his car and apartment in the service of the transaction. Eventually they find an interested buyer, but he turns out to be a peril to both men. Based on true events which took place in the summer of 1996 in Casablanca. Source: http://www.cairofilmfest.org/

About the Director: Mohammed Ali Majboud is a Morrocan director