Lel Chamel

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Lel Chamel (Heading North)
Directed byYoussef Chebbi
Screenplay byYoussef Chebbi
Produced byPaprika Films Élefanto Films
StarringHelmi Dridi Mohamed Hassine Grayaa Bilel Briki Nasreddine Manaï Khalil Ben Hmida
CinematographyAmine Messadi
Edited byValentin Féron
Music byValentin Féron Youssef Chebbi
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
15'
Countries France
Tunisia

Lel Chamel is a 2010 Tunisian film directed by Youssef Chebbi.

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One pitch black night, on a remote beach, Mehdi and Nito, two smugglers of illegal immigrants, are about to seal a deal with the Albanese mafia. Things turn bad when Mehdi realizes that his younger brother Mouja is about to embark on this journey. Unaware of the real nature of the operation, the young man dreams of Europe and fortune. But Mehdi is ready to do anything to save his brother from the hands of the mafia.

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