Happy End [dir. A. Lagtaâ]

  • Happy End [dir. A. Lagtaâ]
Type : Fiction
Original title : نهاية سعيدة
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1995
Format : Short
Running time : 20 (in minutes)

A young actress stars in a short film ("The May Irvin Kiss"?) In which she kisses her partner on the mouth...

A young director proceeds with the shooting of his first fiction short film for the producer and main actors The father of the actress, who was not invited to the session, participates in it on the sly. The last scene of the film, whose aim is to exorcise a traumatism experienced by the director during his childhood, puts him in utter confusion he leaves the shooting room, slamming the door

A film by Abdelkader LAGTAÂ

starring Abdellah Amrani, Salaheddine Benmoussa, Fatima Kheir, Rachid El Wali, Nezha Zakaria

Morocco, 1995, short drama, 20 min, color, 35 mm

Titles:
نهاية سعيدة / HAPPY END

Segment of the collective film feature CINQ FILMS POUR CENT ANS / FIVE FILMS FOR A HUNDRED YEARS (on the centenary of cinema) including five short films. Five episodes directed by Farida Benlyazid, Jillali Ferhati, Hakim Noury, Aldelkader Lagtaâ and Omar Chraïbi.
Each filmmaker draws from his imagination and from his/her memories: the first screenings, prohibition by the parents, the magic lantern, cinema lessons by french cinema-loving teachers at the university. 

Director: Abdelkader Lagtaâ
Screenwriter: Abdelkader Lagtaâ
Cinematographer: Abdelkrim Derkaoui
Sound Designer: Faouzi Thabet
Music Composer: Emmanuel Binet
Editors: M. Meziane, A. Sefrioui, K. Bornaz

Production:
- M.P.S
- Horizons Films

The 5 Shorts:
- على الشرفة / SUR LA TERRASSE / ON THE TERRACE | Farida Benlyazid (17 min), starring Amina Rachid, Fatima Loukili, Mouna Fettou, Yara Ghafiri
- نور / LUMIERE / LIGHT | Omar Chraibi (20 min), starring Hassan El Fad, Maria Kachani, Fatima Kheir, Salaheddine Benmoussa
- سينما ا مبريال / CINEMA IMPERIAL | Hakim Noury (20 min), starring Said Maouhoub, Omar Chenbod, Nizar Boukhari & Yassine Tabout
- نهاية سعيدة / HAPPY END | Abdelkader Lagtaa (20 min), starring Abdellah Amrani, Salaheddine Benmoussa, Fatima Kheir, Rachid El Wali, Nezha Zakaria
- المنديل الا زرق / LE MOUCHOIR BLEU / THE BLUE HANDKERCHIEF | Jillali Ferhati (20 min), starring Hmida Ahrouchi, Souad El Bakhoukh, Abdellah Bennajjar & Nezha Zakaria

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