The Departure

The Departure

2020•24m•8.2/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.2/10(4)

Morocco, 2004. Adil, aged 11, spends the summer playing with his friends and waiting for his idol, Olympic runner Hicham El Guerrouj, to compete in his last Games. The arrival of his father and older brother from France for a few days will mark him forever.

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Production

Barney Production, Mont Fleuri Production

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ayman Rachdane

Adil

Fatima Attif

La mère

Youness El Khalfaoui

Youness

Ayman El Khalfaoui

Ayman

Abderrazak El Hansaly

Abderrazak

Jassim Lotfi

Toufiq

Abdelmajid Khadiri

Le père

Sami Fekkak

Sami Fekkak

Le frère

Elodie Ernon

La copine du frère

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