Mondialito
Switzerland / France, February 2000
FILM,
Fiction,
87 min.
- directed by
- Nicolas Wadimoff
- Written by
- Nicolas Wadimoff
- Status
- In distribution
At a service station on the motorway between Paris and Marseille, Abdou, a young runaway, makes the acquaintance of the attendant, who calls himself Georges. Georges decides to quit his job and take the boy to Marseille to see a World Cup football match. Their heads filled with dreams and their pockets empty, the two get to know each other better as they travel along, meeting some rather amazing people on the way. The odyssey is experienced differently by the two travellers however. For Georges it is a matter of coming to terms with the “demons of the past”, when under his real name Ahmed Najid he played professional football for Marseille. For Abdou on the other hand it is a kind of “rite of passage” from childish innocence to worldliness. Each is in search of his identity, the one not yet knowing who he is, the other no longer sure.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2000
- Original Version
- French (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 87 min.
- Production
- Caravan Productions, ADR Productions
- Producer
- André Martin
- directed by
- Nicolas Wadimoff
- Written by
- Nicolas Wadimoff
- Cinematography
- Thomas Hardmeier
- Editing
- Bruno Saparelli
- Music
- Bill Laswell
- Location Sound Mix
- Bernard Aubouy
- Production Design
- Ivan Niclass
- Lighting Design
- Eric André
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Europe Images International
Worldwide Distribution
- France
- EuroZoom Distribution
- Switzerland
- Caravan Productions Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
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Ramallah International Film Festival
08.07.2004 - 14.07.2004 -
Carthage, Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage
18.10.2002 - 26.10.2002 -
Alexandria, Alexandria Film Festival for Meditteranean Countries
05.09.2001 - 11.09.2001 -
Pan-Africa International - Journées du cinéma africain et créole
20.04.2001 - 26.04.2001 -
Rotterdam, International Film Festival Rotterdam
24.01.2001 - 04.02.2001 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Bellinzona, Castellinaria Festival int. del cinema giovane
18.11.2000 - 25.11.2000 -
Tokyo, 13th Tokyo Int. Film Festival
28.10.2000 - 05.11.2000 -
17. Französische Filmtage Tübingen-Stuttgart
27.10.2000 - 04.11.2000 -
Hof, Internationale Hofer Filmtage
25.10.2000 - 29.10.2000
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Namur, 15e Festival international du film francophone
22.09.2000 - 30.09.2000 -
Montréal, 24e Festival des films du monde
25.08.2000 - 04.09.2000 -
Cannes, Marché du film Cannes
10.05.2000 - 20.05.2000