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Heaven's Doors (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
157 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Morocco ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Imad Noury
Swel Noury

Written By:
Swel Noury

Actors:
Latifa Ahrar ..... Mother
Amidou ..... Mansour
Samia Berrada ..... Maria
Camelia Bouhmamdi ..... Souad
Youssef Britel ..... Fouad
Zak Darsi ..... Tawfik
Rachid El Ouali ..... Jalil
Mouna Fettou ..... Yasmine
Taha Ghrabi ..... Salim
Fatima Harrandi ..... Beggar
Smail Hijazi ..... Hamza
Rabie Kati ..... Ney
Aimee Meditz ..... Lisa
Hassan Midiaf ..... Construction worker
Hakim Noury ..... Smail
Farid Regragui ..... Fayçal
Alia Rekkab ..... Prostitute
Mustapha Salamat ..... Drunkard
Hamid Zoughi ..... Omar

Synopsis:

As co-directed by brothers Swad and Imad Noury (and produced by their mother, Pilar Cazorla), The Moroccan picture Heaven's Doors (2005) employs an episodic narrative, with three related substories presented sequentially. The Nourys shoot the episodes in distinct cinematographic styles (and with distinct overtones) suited to each tale, recalling Humberto Solas's masterpiece Lucia (1969). The opener revolves around Ney (Rabie Katie), a young and kind-hearted construction worker. Cared for with much tough love by his unduly protective, blind mother (Latifa Ahrare), and emotionally intertwined with his younger sister (Samia Berrada), Ney's Achilles' heel lies in his extreme naïveté and lack of wisdom, manifest through his decision to spend his free time with a seedy, thuggish bunch of neighborhood boys. He soon allows the group to talk him into abandoning construction work in favor of organized crime, and becomes involved in a bloody skirmish with a local gangster, Faisal (Farid Regragui) that leads to tragedy for both - as Faisal's wife and young son look on, helplessly. The second episode concerns Lisa (Aimee Meditz), the American widow of Faisal's late brother, who takes in Faisal's boy, Salim (Taha Ghrabi) and his mother, gradually diminishing and then eliminating her own self-doubts about her ability to care properly for either. And in the third episode, laconic, introverted Smail (Hakim Noury) is released from prison after a 15-year incarceration for robbery, and attempts to actualize his two desires: to both see his ailing, elderly mother, and to rub out the friend whose testimony sent him to prison.

Three characters, three tragic heroes, three destinies doomed in advance. Ney, Lisa and Smail fight restless for a happiness that resists them.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 23 July, 2008.

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