Chiens errants

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Chiens errants
Kilab mutasharida
Directed byYasmine Kassari
Written byYasmine Kassari
Produced byJean-Jacques Andrien
CinematographyAgnès Dibovsky
Edited byPhilippe Ravoet
Production
company
Les Films de la Drève
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
7 minutes
Country Belgium
Language Moroccan Arabic

Chiens errants (English: Wandering Dogs) is a 1995 short film directed by Yasmine Kassari. [1] [2] [3] It was screened at multiple international film festivals including the London and Sydney film festivals, the Bruxelles International Film Festival, and the International Francophone Film Festival of Namur, where it won a prize for Best Short Film. [4]

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Synopsis

The culling of stray dogs is a regular occurrence in certain Moroccan cities. On the dreaded day of the cull, every dog owner keeps their pet at home. The killers are confronted by those without a roof: a shepherdess and a tramp.

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  2. Chiens errants , retrieved 2021-11-28
  3. Martin, Florence (2011-10-13). Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Women's Cinema. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-00565-6.
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  5. Ecrans D'Afrique (in French). Fédération panafricaine des cinéastes. 1995.