BILMAWN

WORK IN PROGRESS

LONG FEATURE


PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION: SANDMAN-PICTURES
GENRE: adventure-style film.
DURATION: 90 mn
SUJET: Based on a Moroccan legend.
A Berber myth or How Light shone out of the Darkness.
ESTIMATIF BUDGET:15M€.
LIEUX DE TOURNAGES: Maroc et pays d’Afrique

NOTE: Between legend and tradition, we find ourselves at an event that follows the Feast of Sacrifice: BilMawn or Bouljoud in Arabic. Similar traditions exist in Germany, Romania and the Canary Islands…
« Preparation and sewing of costumes by the coalman, close-up of hands and skins”. “As a matter of fact, one smells of animal very quickly - the smell of the skins invades us”.
« …. those who are sewing the skins were so scared : the closer they got to the end, the more their hands trembled with stress... they would have to flee rapidly as soon as the last stitch was made. As for me, being on the inside, I would not be [giving them a leaving present]. « laugh » ».