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The Sleeping Child (L'enfant endormi) By Yasmine Kassari. Morocco/Belgium, 2004, 95 min, 35mm, Beta SP, and DVD
Screening formats available: 35mm, Beta SP and DVD
Screening fees: $320 for 35mm and $190 for Beta SP or DVD
Synopsis
Zeinab watches her husband leave the country to go in search of clandestine work in Europe the day after their wedding. While she is waiting for her husband to return, she lulls the fetus of her unborn child to sleep, a social practice widespread throughout the rural world of North Africa. Yasmine Kassari’s beautifully shot debut is a moving and sensitive depiction of women’s lives in rural Morroco and their quiet hopes, dreams and expectations.
Filmmaker's Biography
Yassmine Kassari was born in Morocco in 1972. She studied cinema at the INSAS in Brussels, where she graduated in 1997. In the same year, she wrote the screenplay for the feature film, L'Enfant endormi, which won the Trophée du 1er Scénario Jeunes Talents CNC/Paris award in 2003. Before Kassari's feature-length directing debut, she made two shorts as well as a medium-length documentary, Quand les hommes pleurent (2000), which was screened at numerous festivals.
Credits
Director: Yasmine Kassari
Cast: Mounia Osfour, Rachida Brakni, Nermine Elhaggar, Fatna Abdessamïe, Khamsa Abdessamie
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