THU 10 NOV
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ZANKA CONTACT (BURNING CASABLANCA)
by Ismaël El Iraki
Morocco/ France | Belgium 2020 | Feature film I OmeU I 120 min
A car accident brings ex-rocker Larsen and sex worker Rajae together. Besides experienced traumas, they share their love for rock’n’roll. Driven by sadistic policemen, a shotgun-wielding gangster and poisonous snakes, only one chance remains to save their amour fou: escape from Casablanca’s underworld – and their shared passion for music.
Ismaël El Iraki’s Zanka Contact (Burning Casablanca) is a rousing homage to the Moroccan rock’n’roll scene of the 1970s and the Italian Western. Lead actress Khansa Batma was awarded the Orizzonti Prize at the 2020 Venice Film Festival for her acting performance.
ISMAËL EL IRAKI, born in 1983, lives between Casablanca and Paris, where he studied directing at La Femis. His award-winning short films, presented at the Cannes and Clement Ferrand film festivals, invented new genres based in his Moroccan homeland. A passionate live musician, Ismaël founded a concert recording company in Paris, took photos for music bands and realized a video installation for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. Zanka Contact is his first feature film.
