Urgent
Directed by Mohcine Besri
Fiction | 2018 | 85 min
With Rachid Mustapha, Fatima Zahra Benacer, Youssef Alaoui, Saïd Bey, Ghalia Ben Zaouia, Ayoub Layoussifi, Younes Bouab
Producers : Elisa Garbar, Lamia Chraibi
Produced by Louise Productions Lausanne & La Prod
International Sales : Orange Studios
Driss and Zahra leave their fisherman's village to take their six-year-old son, Ayoub, to the emergency room of the Casablanca's public hospital. There they meet Driss' brother, Houcine, with whom they have been in conflict for years. The doctor diagnoses a brain problem requiring immediate action. This is the starting point of a painful journey exhausting each one. Are they ready to do everything to save Ayoub’s life?
A film by : Mohcine Besri
Written by : Mohcine Besri & Cécile Vargaftig
Produced by : Louise Productions Lausanne (Switzerland) & La Prod (Morocco)
Coproducers :
Louise Productions Lausanne (Switzerland) : Elisa Garbar
La Prod (Morocco) : Lamia Chraibi, Michel Merkt
Director of Photography : Denis Jutzeler
Art director : Armelle Demange
Costume designer : Assia Ismaili
Make-up artist : Zhor Bennami
Editor : Naïma Bachiri
Sound engineer : Marianne Roussy
Co-produced by : RTS Radio Télévision Suisse & SRG SSR
With the support of : Office Fédéral de la Culture / Cinéforom / Loterie Romande / Fonds Culturel Suissimage / Centre Cinématographique Marocain / Dubai Film Market / Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
International Sales : Orange Studio
We are pleased to announce that the film Une Urgence Ordinaire will be in Previews, in the presence of the director Mohcine Besri to discuss with the audience, in the following cinemas :
Lausanne Zinema
Thursday 25 August at 21:00
Genève CDD
Friday 26 August at 21:00
Ste Croix ROYAL
Saturday 27 August at 18:00
Fribourg REX
Sunday 28 August at 11:00
Released on 24 August in cinemas at Cinema d’Oron, Minimum Neuchatel, Zinema, CDD, Royal st Croix, Rex Fribourg
Une Urgence Ordinaire will be broadcast on Tuesday 22 August 2023 at 10.45pm on RTS2.
Festivals
Tübingen/Stuttgart, 36. Französische Filmtage Tübingen
30.10.2019 – 06.11.2019
Montpellier, 41e Festival international du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier
18.10.2019 – 26.10.2019
Seattle, 45th Seattle International Film Festival
16.05.2019 – 09.06.2019
Solothurn, 54. Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2019 – 31.01.2019
Busan, 23rd Busan International Film Festival
04.10.2018 – 13.10.2018
La Liberté, “Le Maroc aux soins intensifs”, Olivier Wyser, 17 août 2022.
Le Temps, “Une Urgence ordinaire au chevet du Maroc”, Stéphane Gobbo, 24 août 2022.
Tribune de Genève, “Une Urgence ordinaire : Hôpital et choral”, PGA, 24 août 2022.