Champs Elysees, I love you (Champs Elysees Je t'aime)
Arab Short Film Competition
Mahdi Ali Ali / Short Narrative / Qatar, France / 2009 / 16 min / Color / HDCAM
In French, Arabic / English, Arabic subtitles
Interests: Drama, Social Issues
Qatar Premiere
Synopsis
A female college student from the Gulf currently residing in the romantic French capital must make a decision: should she passively surrender to the traditional expectations of her family's pre-arranged marriage plans, or should she open her life to true love in Europe? Starring the lovely Gania Latroch and the suave Samir Talhaoui.
About the Directors
Mahdi Ali Ali
A Qatari filmmaker who studied for his master of fine arts degree at EICAR, the International Film School of Paris, Ali Ali has worked on films for Al Jazeera Documentary Channel and Al Jazeera Children, and also produced a segment in the non-fiction film "Last Supper for Malthus."
Credits
- Director
- Mahdi Ali Ali
- Screenwriter
- Mahdi Ali Ali
- Producer
- Mahdi Ali Ali
- Editor
- Selma Zghidi
- Associate Producer
- Jose Ignacio Correa
- Cinematographer
- Amaro Gomez Pablos
- Cast
- Gania Latroch, Perrine Gilbert, Samir Talhaaoui, Alexandre Thiberville, Faisal Hassan Rashid, Hani, Guilhem Delteil