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The police station of Derb El Kebir, a densely populated working class quarter in Casablanca, is run by Captain Zaid with an “iron hand.” In North Africa’s largest metropolis, as in other cities, the police station is the dramatic nerve center of the district. It is the site of tragedies, but also comedies which here veer toward the tragicomic, the tragicomedy of a modern, authentic Morocco, far off the tourist circuits. The stories that are played out here embody the essence that drives the lives of the Moroccan people today and contributes to the portrait of a country in the relation between its inhabitants and the forces of law and order.

France - 2008 - 52 mn - HD Cam • 16/9

Director Jean-Bernard Andro Writer Jean-Bernard Andro Camera Marc-André Batigne Sound Abdelilah Hilal Editing Emmanuel Julliard Music Grégory Dargent

Production Maha Productions, 107 avenue Parmentier, 75011 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 48 07 57 90 Fax : +33 (0)1 48 07 00 52 E-mail : mahaprod@maha.fr

Sales Daniela Elstner Doc & Film International, 13, rue Portefoin, 75003 Paris, France Tél : +33 1 4277 5687 Fax : +33 1 4277 3656 E-mail : doc@docandfilm.com