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Khamsa

Original title: Khamsa
German title: Khamsa
France, 2008

Director: Dridi, Karim
Production company: Mirak Films
Co-producers: Arte France Cinéma
Age recommendation: 14 years and up

Synopsis:
After fleeing from his foster family, Khamsa returns to the gypsy camp, where he was born thirteen years ago. Nothing seems to have changed since he was forced to leave, the late night card games, the diving in the Mediteranean sea, the rooster fights? Khamsa is home again.

Until his best friend Coyote meets Rachitique, a small time crook, with whom they start petty robberies. Khamsa’s youth and innocence will rapidly fade away as he spirals down into delinquency....

Festivals:
Cairo 2008, Dubai 2008, Locarno 2008, Sao Paulo 2008, Namur 2008, San Francisco 2008, Toronto 2008, Kristiansand 2009, Buster Copenhagen 2009, Vilnius 2010

World sales address/es:
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