Simoh, the Unlucky Man

Simoh, the Unlucky Man
Si Moh, pas de chance
Directed byMoumen Smihi
Written byMoumen Smihi
Produced byMoumen Smihi
StarringAbdesalam Skini
CinematographyColin Mounier
Edited byClaude Farny
Music byGerard Delassaus
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryMorocco
LanguageMoroccan Arabic

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]

Synopsis

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The 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

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  1. ^ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. ^ "Films | Africultures : Si Moh Pas-de-Chance". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  3. ^ "Africiné - Si Moh Pas-de-Chance". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Si Moh, pas de chance (1970)". www.unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  6. ^ Simoh, the Unlucky Man, retrieved 2021-11-17
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5.
  9. ^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
  10. ^ a b Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.
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