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The Narrow Frame of Midnight (2014)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 33M

Director : Tala Hadid
Writer : Tala Hadid

Synopsis

The intersecting destinies of three people — a Moroccan-Iraqi writer searching for his brother, the lover whom he left behind, and a young orphan on the run — create an incisive and unsettling portrait of a land riven by violence and fundamentalism.

Actors

Khalid Abdalla
Khalid Abdalla
Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze
Fadwa Boujouane
Fadwa Boujouane
Hocine Choutri
Hocine Choutri
Majdouline Idrissi
Majdouline Idrissi

Crews

Tala Hadid
Tala Hadid
Director
Tala Hadid
Tala Hadid
Screenplay
Khadija Alami
Khadija Alami
Producer
Joslyn Barnes
Joslyn Barnes
Producer
Cat Villiers
Cat Villiers
Producer
Alexandr Burov
Alexandr Burov
Director of Photography
Joëlle Hache
Joëlle Hache
Editor
Dominique Lacloche
Dominique Lacloche
Production Design

Posters and backgrounds

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