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Roqia

Year of production
2025
Duration
94 min.
Spanish premiere

Synopsis

In 1992, after suffering a car accident that leaves him amnesic, Ahmed returns to his village, where nothing is familiar to him: he can't even manage to recognize his own wife and children. The youngest child, frightened by his father's bandaged face, is profoundly terrified of him, while every night, strangers whisper litanies in an unknown language. Who are they? Why is Ahmed missing the index finger on his right hand? And why does his neighbor make him so uneasy?

Director

Yanis Koussim

Yanis Koussim

A director who studied at La Fémis in Paris, he directed Khouya, an award-winning short film at Locarno in 2010. Roqia is his debut feature film.

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Technical sheet

Roqia
Section
Noves Visions
Director
Yanis Koussim
Writer
Yanis Koussim 
Cinematography 
Jean-Marie Delorme 
Editor 
Sarah Zaanoun, Maxime Pozzi-Garcia 
With 
Ali Namous, Akram Djeghim, Mostefa Djadjam 
Production countries
France
Algeria
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Languages
Arabic
Subtitle languages
Catalan, Spanish, English

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