Sacrilege
a film by Christophe M. Saber
Sacrilege
A film by Christophe M. Saber
- 2017
- Switzerland, France
- 14 minutes
- VO French – DE, EN subtitles
Saoud is the king of his neighbourhood in Saint Etienne, France. A rumor comes up that he might have stolen money from the local mosque. Saoud faces a violent series of accusations which will lead to his fall and exile.
Sacrilege
A film by Christophe M. Saber
- 2017
- Switzerland, France
- 14 minutes
- VO French – DE, EN subtitles
Saoud is the king of his neighbourhood in Saint Etienne, France. A rumor comes up that he might have stolen money from the local mosque. Saoud faces a violent series of accusations which will lead to his fall and exile.
FESTIVALS
World Premiere : Asiana International Shorts Films Festival
Thessaloniki ISFF
Carthage FF
KUSKA
Nuit du Court
Linea d’Ombra
Max Ophüls
Journées de Soleure
Extérieur Nuit
Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Bordeaux
Festival du cinéma européen de Lille
Sophisticated Films Festival
BioBioCine
IFF of Lanzarote
Nashville FF
Fastnet FF
HollyHood
Brooklyn FF
Le court nous tient
Fest. Ecran Libre
Cast & Crew
With
Mehdi Djaadi
Jérémie Saber
Nassim Kheroufi
Kamel Kheroufi
Samir Khelfaoui
Océane Court-Mallaroni
Sofiane Ziani
Camille Constantin
Djemel Barek
Niddal El Mellouhi
Abdeloued Ourazouk
Mohamed Baouzzi
Noël Faure
Icham Ziani
Written and directed by
Christophe M. Saber
Director of photography
Dino Franco Berguglia
Editing
Kostas Makrinos
1st Assistant director
Léna Perdu
Script supervisor
Marie Chaduc
Sound
David Puntener, Benjamin Benoit
Set
Céline Masson
Costumes
Elodie Vionnet
Makeup
Talia Cresta
Production
Box Productions
Salaud Morisset
In coproduction with
RTS
With the participation of
Canal+
Director’s bio
Born in Cairo in Egypt in 1991, of Egyptian and Swiss nationality. Christophe left Egypt for Switzerland in 2010 and joined the ECAL cinema department. In 2014, he completed his bachelor’s degree and obtained his diploma with “very good” honors. DISCIPLINE, his graduation film, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. This film won the Swiss Cinema Prize (Quartz) in the best short film category as well as more than 90 international awards. He then directed his first feature-length documentary, LA VALLEE DU SEL, as well as two short fiction films, PUNCHLINE and SACRILÈGE. In 2018, Canal + and SoFilm asked him to adapt a short story by Hervé Commère: “TOMATIC”, as part of the Polar collection.
