Shouf shouf habibi!
Shouf shouf habibi!
Colour, 35 mm
Netherlands, 2004, 89 min
Section: Variety Critics´ Choice
| Director: | Albert ter Heerdt |
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| Screenplay: | Albert ter Heerdt, Mimoun Oaïssa |
| Dir. of Photography: | Steve Walker |
| Music: | Vincent van Warmerdam, Cablejuice, Mike Meijer |
| Editor: | Sytse Kramer |
| Producer: | René Huybrechtse, Joram Willink, Frank Bak |
| Production: | Theorema Films |
| Sales: | NonStop Sales AB |
| Contact: | Holland Film |
| Cast: | Mimoun Oaïssa, Touriya Haoud, Najib Amhali, Frank Lammers |
Synopsis
Both laughs and pathos are milked from the ups and downs of keeping home and hearth together in a foreign land in Shouf shouf habibi! Broad comedic strokes and cross-cultural issues leaven the overplotted story of a Moroccan brood coping in contempo Holland, which may explain pic´s record-setting opening weekend in late January. Twenty-year-old Abdullah, or Ab (Mimoun Oaissa), doesn´t know what he´ll do for a living: when an office job doesn´t pan out, he participates in a bank robbery with a trio of chums that goes spectacularly wrong. No-holds-barred humor includes a bit where Ab´s convinced he can become an American movie star because post-9/11 Hollywood will be looking for Middle Eastern talent. Perfs are vibrant overall.
Eddie Cockrell
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Netherlands
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