The Man Who Sold The World

Casablanca in the near future. The country is at war.
X and Ney are young men of around thirty years of age. They live together and share a close relationship. Although they think of themselves as brothers, there is always a certain sexual tension between them. In spite of this, X falls in love with a beautiful young girl named Lili. When Ney meets Lili, he too falls in love with her, and this marks the beginning of a wonderful love triangle.
But X has high hopes; in fact, his dream of universal happiness is so strong that it prevents him from pursuing his personal happiness in the shape of marriage to Lili.
And this drives him to distraction.
For their film, young Moroccan filmmakers Swel and Imad Noury have chosen to adapt an early Dostoyevsky story that appeared in 1849. In this story, financial problems prevent the hero’s marriage to Lisanka, resulting in his descent into madness. Since their directorial debut HEAVEN’S DOORS (shown in the Panorama section of the Berlinale in 2006), these filmmaking brothers are widely regarded to be the enfants terribles of contemporary Moroccan cinema. In their new work they have succeeded in creating a modern cinematic adaptation that is both ‘universal’ and unique.

details

  • Runtime

    108 min
  • Country

    Morocco
  • Year of Presentation

    2010
  • Year of Production

    2009
  • Director

    Swel Noury, Imad Noury
  • Cast

    Said Bey, Fehd Benchemsi, Audrey Marnay, Latifa Ahrrare, Hassan Midiaf, Hakim Noury, Majdouline, Samia Berrada
  • Production Company

    Prod’Action
  • Berlinale Section

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Category

    Feature Film

Biography Swel Noury

Born in Casablanca on 8.11.1978. Son of the director Hakim Noury and the Spanish producer Pilar Cazorla. He attended Business School ESCP Europe in Paris and began working on his first screenplay, HEAVEN’S DOORS in Madrid in 2001.

Filmography Swel Noury

2006 Heaven's Doors

Biography Imad Noury

Born in Casablanca on 6.1.1983. He appeared in several of his father’s films before making his first short film at the age of 16. He attended a film school in Madrid. The brothers’ joint directorial debut, HEAVEN’S DOORS was shown in the Panorama section of the Berlinale in 2006. 

Filmography Imad Noury

2006 Heaven's Doors