Festival International de la télévision de Monté Carlo

Les Damnés de la mer / Damned of the Sea
Prince Rainier III Special Prize
Prix Spécial Prince Rainier III

TRAILER

CONTACT

LATCHO DROM - production company
www.latchodrom.be
info@latchodrom.be

JAWAD RHALIB - Director
jrhalib@latchodrom.be
FILMOGRAPHY

WORLD SALES
+32 2 773 48 37
jrhalib@latchodrom.be

SYNOPSIS

Formerly known as Mogador, Essaouira was the first sardine fishing port in the world.

Today the fish have left its waters. Thousands of small moroccan fishermen from Essaouira, Safi and Agadir have to move further down south to Dakhla in the Sahara to hope to catch some fish. Then, starts a hellish struggle.
In the background, trawlers from foreign countries drag the waters with their death nets, killing an entire ecosystem.
In the foreground, captivating portraits of desperate fishermen who've been robbed of their livelihood.
Who shares the responsibility for this death sentence?

Version française
Nederlandse versie

CAST

Director & Script writer - Jawad Rhalib
Cinematographer - Olivier Pullincks
Music by - Hassan Laarousi
Editing - Karima Saidi
Producers - Yves Legrève - Gerda Coppens

Technical Informations

• Original title : Les damnés de la mer
• English title : The Damned of Sea
• Year : 2008
• Country of production : Belgium
• Countries of co production : France,Morocco
• Running time (min) : 70 - 56
• Format : HDCAM 16/9
  
• Film genre : documentary
• Original screenplay : yes
• Sound : Stereo
  
• Image : color
• Language : Arabic - English - Swedish
• Version : French - English - Dutch - International
  
• Production Company : Latcho Drom sa
• Director's mail: jrhalib@latchodrom.be
  

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