Borderlines Film Festival 

Mascarades (PG)

Director: Lyes Salem
Starring: Lyes Salem, Sarah Reguieg, Mohamed Bouchaib
Algeria/France, 2009, 1 hour 32 minutes, subtitles

A delightful executed farce about the wedding-that-never-was, this delivers sharp character comedy, trenchant social satire and a real sense of the interplay between the domestic and public spheres in Algerian village life. Things get out of hand when statushungry Mounir, the proud and possessive brother of narcoleptic Rym, drunkenly boasts that his sister is engaged to a mythical European businessman. Rym however, is determined to marry Mounir‘s best friend who hasn’t yet had the courage to ask for her hand. A tremendously enjoyable film, this has real warmth and heart with its beautifully written script and nicely judged performances.

“A whimsically charming comedy”  Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard

Winner of 2 Awards at the Dubai International Film Festival

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