Masquerades (film)

Masquerades (مسخرة) is a 2008 Algerian-French film directed by Lyes Salem.

Synopsis
A village in Algiers. Proud and a bluffer, Mounir wishes to be admired by all, but he has a weakness: His sister, Rym, who falls asleep anywhere. One night on the way back from the city, and quite inebriated, he shouts out to all and sunder that a rich businessman has asked for his sister's hand. By the next morning, he's the envy of all. Trapped by his own lie, Mounir changes his family's destiny.

Cast

 * Mounir (Lyes Salem) - Habiba's husband, and Rym's older brother
 * Rym (Sarah Reguieg) - Mounir's sister and object of Khliffa's affection
 * Khliffa (Mohamed Bouchaïb) - Mounir's best friend, in love with Rym
 * Habiba (Rym Takoucht) - Mounir's wife
 * Amine (Merouane Zmirli) - Mounir and Habiba's boy
 * Rédouane Lamouchi (Mourad Khan) - businessman and conman

Production
Masquerades is an Algerian-French co-production, directed by Lyes Salem.

Awards

 * Fespaco 2009 (Burkina Faso)
 * Festival Francophone de Namur 2008 (Belgium)
 * Festival Francophone d’Angoulême 2008 (France)
 * Dubai International Film Festival 2008