Across the sea (2024)

Original title

La Mer au loin

Directed by

Saïd Hamich

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Morocco, Qatar, France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s Marseille, a young Moroccan immigrant named Nour avoids deportation thanks to Serge, a closeted police officer who helps him build a stable life. But when Serge's wife Noémie starts a secret affair with Nour, tensions rise between the three.

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What happens

Across the Sea (French: La mer au loin) is a drama film, directed by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi and released in 2024. Told as a triptych with each chapter named after one of the three main characters, the film centres on a love triangle that develops between Nour (Ayoub Gretaa), a young man from Morocco who came to Marseille as an illegal immigrant in the 1990s; Serge (Grégoire Colin), a closeted bisexual police officer who takes pity on Nour and helps him get set up with a stable life rather than arresting or deporting him; and Noémie (Anna Mouglalis), Serge's wife who initiates an extramarital affair with Nour after years of quietly putting up with Serge cheating on her with other men. The cast also includes Omar Boulakirba, Rym Foglia, Sarah Henochsberg and Ali Mehdi Moulai in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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