Terra Firma
201771 minPG
Synopsis
In a small commercial harbour in the south of
France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over
ferries that were abandoned by ship-owners. Young
Syrians make a stopover to load their cattle, African
traders prepare a convoy of second-hand vehicles.
Men, machines, and animals transit through this
space open onto the sea.
Credits
Director
Laurent Aït Benalla
Laurent Aït Benalla was born in 1976 and grew up in Morocco then lived in Russia at the age of 17. He studied film theory and the Russian language in Montpellier before working as a camera operator. Benalla directed several medium-length documentaries and has co-directed with Mohammed Atif (2003), Marcel Hanoun chemin fait (2010), Suite Anglaise (2011) broadcast on television and in festivals. O my body! (2012) is his first feature-length documentary.