Director:
Daniel Hernandez
Run Time: 85 minutes
Country: SPAIN, MOROCCO
Year: 2008
Daniel Hernandez
Run Time: 85 minutes
Country: SPAIN, MOROCCO
Year: 2008
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Ordinary Boys (Chicos Normales)
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A sense of unease and anticipation follows these not so ORDINARY BOYS as they navigate through their lives and the streets of their Moroccan neighborhood of Jamaa Mezwak. This is the neighborhood that produced five of the terrorists responsible for the March 11, 2004 bombing in Madrid and, among the neighbors, there is much discussion about the current global situation and the personal decisions made by the young men. The documentary closely follows three of the residents as each makes choices. There is Youseff, nursing a significant leg wound and making a living as both a petty drug dealer and budding entrepreneur. He is unsuccessfully trying to gain information about his missing brother who is thought to be in Afghanistan. Rabia studied law at university but is now left to create her own employment as a seamstress because of the lack of other choices. Idealistic El-Khader dreams of a career on the big stage. Shot in the vérité style, ORDINARY BOYS maintains a sense of immediacy and rawness, presenting a compelling narrative on a different kind of “ordinary.” (In Arabic with English subtitles) – C.C.P.
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| Sidebars | Standing Up Competition, Pan-African Images |
| Producer | Pablo Uson |
| Screenplay | Daniel Hernandez, Gabi Martinez |
| Cinematography | Pedro Ballesteros |
| Editing | Jorge Mota |
| Music | Alberto G. Demestres |
| Principal Cast | Rabia Bouhfira, El Khader Aoulasse, Youssef Belefki |
| Director Bio | Daniel Hernandez started his career working in advertising as a director and producer. In 1994, with partner Pablo Usón, he founded Alea Docs & Films, an independent production company based in Barcelona. He has produced and directed more than 30 documentaries for major European television channels. |
| Select Filmography | ORDINARY BOYS (2008) |
| Print Source |
Alea Docs & Films Pablo Uson pablo@aleadf.com www.aleadf.com |
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