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RUNTIME
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Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Those Who Burn
2018 0h 27m FR
Drama
Synopsis
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Casablanca. Samir, a young Moroccan, lives on odd jobs. One day, while cleaning a storage shed for a drug dealer, he comes across an injured man. Kai is an illegal immigrant waiting for transit. Hostile at first, Samir ends up helping Kai. A troubling relationship begins...
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Mohamed Al Manzor
Samir
Hamidou Dia
Kai
Jawad El Machkori
Jawad
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jérémy Giroux
- Writers
- Jérémy Giroux
- Languages
- Arabic, English
- Countries
- France, Morocco
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jérémy Giroux directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France, Morocco. Dialogue in Arabic, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 8 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.
- 4International production across 2 countries: France, Morocco.
- 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 6Mohamed Al Manzor and Hamidou Dia and Jawad El Machkori carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt8180576 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 27 min · 0h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Jérémy Giroux
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2018-04-01
