Mon cousin anglais
My English Cousin
Switzerland, September 2019
FILM,
Documentary,
85 min.
- directed by
- Karim Sayad
- Written by
- Karim Sayad
- Status
- In distribution
2001, Fahed reaches the UK his head filled with dreams. 2018, in the thrall of a mid-life crisis, he must now make a decision. Will he keep his head low and continue working 50-hours weeks between the kebab shop and the factory, or will he return to Algeria, a country he fled in the hope of making a better life for himself?
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2019
- Original Version
- Arabic, English (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 85 min.
- ISAN
- 000-0004-7A13-0000-3-0000-0000-S
- Production
- Close Up Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Joëlle Bertossa, Valentina Novati
- directed by
- Karim Sayad
- Written by
- Karim Sayad
- Cinematography
- Patrick Tresch, Karim Sayad
- Editing
- Naïma Bachiri
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Filmotor S.R.O.
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Sister Distribution Distribution & VOD
Awards
(a selection)
- Florence, Festival dei Popoli, Best Anthropological Film 2019 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Thessaloniki, 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (postponedCorona - digital alternative)
19.05.2020 - 28.05.2020 -
Solothurn, 55. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2020 - 29.01.2020 -
Florence, 60° Festival dei Popoli
02.11.2019 - 09.11.2019 -
Leipzig, 62. DOK Leipzig - Internationales Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
28.10.2019 - 03.11.2019 -
Toronto, 44th Toronto International Film Festival
05.09.2019 - 15.09.2019