Simoh, the Unlucky Man (French: Si Moh, pas de chance) is a 1971 Moroccan short film by Moumen Smihi.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It was shot in 16 mm, in black and white.[10]
| Simoh, the Unlucky Man | |
|---|---|
| Si Moh, pas de chance | |
| Directed by | Moumen Smihi |
| Written by | Moumen Smihi |
| Produced by | Moumen Smihi |
| Starring | Abdesalam Skini |
| Cinematography | Colin Mounier |
| Edited by | Claude Farny |
| Music by | Gerard Delassaus |
Release date |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
| Country | Morocco |
| Language | Moroccan Arabic |
Synopsis
editThe film follows Si Moh (Abdeslam Sakini), a North African immigrant looking for a job in Paris. He wanders around the French banlieues, eventually gets lost, and ultimately spends his first night on the stairs of a subway station.[4][10][11][12]
References
edit- ^ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Films | Africultures : Si Moh Pas-de-Chance". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Africiné - Si Moh Pas-de-Chance". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ a b admin. "Moumen Smihi is Si Moh, pas de chance (1971). Reviewed by E. Rafael Jacobs-Perez | Film Matters Magazine". Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Si Moh, pas de chance (1970)". www.unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ Simoh, the Unlucky Man, retrieved 2021-11-17
- ^ Limbrick, Peter (2020-03-10). Arab Modernism as World Cinema: The Films of Moumen Smihi. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-33056-6.
- ^ Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5.
- ^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
- ^ a b Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
- ^ Limbrick, Peter (2020-03-10). Arab Modernism as World Cinema. University of California Press. doi:10.1525/9780520974333. ISBN 978-0-520-97433-3. S2CID 243699603.
- ^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.