The Unknown Saint

The Unknown Saint

Director Alaa Eddine Aljem

1 hr. 40 min. · Morocco, France, Qatar, 2019 · Drama, Crime, Comedy · Arabic · Subtitles: English, Lithuanian · N-16

About the film

"- Remember what they called me in jail? Ahmed the Brain.

- It was sarcastic, you're an idiot."

Moments before his capture by police, a thief digs a grave to hide a bag of money. Released from prison years later he returns to retrieve the bag, only to find a shrine to an Unknown Saint build directly over his loot, and a brand new village constructed all around it.

Details

Running time
1 hr. 40 min.
Country, year
Morocco, France, Qatar, 2019
Genre
Drama, Crime, Comedy
Language
Arabic
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Age rating
N-16

Credits

Director
Alaa Eddine Aljem
Screenplay
Alaa Eddine Aljem
Producers
Francesca Duca, Alexa Rivero
Cinematography
Amine Berrada
Music
Amine Bouhafa
Cast
Younes Bouab, Salah Bensalah, Bouchaib Essamak, Mohamed Naimane
More information
www.imdb.com

Festivals and awards

  • Cannes Film Festival
Alaa Eddine Aljem

Director

Alaa Eddine Aljem

Alaa Eddine Aljem finished studies at ESAV Marrakech and INSAS in Brussels. He directed several short films, among them The Desert Fish (2015), which gained great acclaim in the film festival circuit and took the Critics, Screenwriting and Grand Prize at the Moroccan National Film Festival. The Unknown Saint is Aljem’s debut feature.