THE DEPARTURE

  • Director: Saïd Hamich
  • Genre: FICTION
  • Duration: 25'
  • Year of production: 2020
  • Country: Morocco
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.

Saïd Hamich

Saïd Hamich was born in 1986 in Fez (Morocco). He is a graduate of the production department of La Fémis. He produced several short and feature films such as Much Loved by Nabil Ayouch - in co-production-, Northern Wind by Walid Mattar and Volubilis by Faouzi Bensaïdi. Return to Bollene, is his first film as a director.The Departure is his first short film.