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Chouf

Chouf

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 5, 2016

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama

User Score

63%

Original Title

Chouf

Production Companies

Tessalit Productions

Director

Karim Dridi

Description

Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the boss’s right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence…