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Heart Edges (2009)

Heart Edges poster
Directed by
Hicham Ayouch
Genre
drama film
Country
Morocco
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Years after most men in a small fishing village near Agadir died at sea, the women live in sadness as the community fades. A young man named Daoud stubbornly repairs a small boat, dreaming of going out to fish. His adoptive mother Naïma, who lost her own family, tries to talk him out of it.

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What happens

Tizaoul (Les Arêtes du cœur) est un film marocain réalisé par Hicham Ayouch et sorti le . Dans un petit village de pêcheurs près d'Agadir. Il y a sept ans que la majorité des hommes ont péri en mer. Depuis ce jour, les femmes sont tristes et le village se meurt. Parmi les rares hommes encore vivants, Daoud, jeune et impétueux, refuse de baisser les bras. Son rêve : sortir pêcher en mer. Il passe donc son temps à s'entraîner et à réparer une petite barque. Mais la vieille Naïma, qui a perdu les siens et l'élève comme son fils, va tenter de l'en dissuader. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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