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To give her daughter a brighter future, 27-year-old Zineb escapes from prison and kidnaps her 9-year-old, Ines. On the road, she holds up a truck, taking the young Asma hostage and forcing her to drive them away from the police. From this road trip in a truck soon flourishes a deep friendship.
Casablanca, Morocco.
A trio of women with the police on their tail embarks on a long escape that takes them across the rugged red terrain and flower-filled valleys of the Atlas to finally reach the Atlantic coast.

Credits

Director
Yasmine Benkiran
Screenwriter
Yasmine Benkiran
Producer
Jean des Forêts (Petit Film), Saïd Hamich (Mont Fleuri Productions)

About the Director

Yasmine Benkiran
Yasmine Benkiran grew up on the Moroccan Atlantic coast and came to Paris when she was 18. As a screenwriter, she writes for both television and cinema. She is currently developing ‘Black Library’, an anthology television series of mixed genre (fantasy, psychological thriller, science-fiction) as well as ‘On the Nile’, an animated spy movie. In 2018, Yasmine directed her first short film, ‘Winter
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