Salem
14-year-old Grasshoppers gang member Djibril leads a dangerous existence in a Marseille slum, along with his pregnant girlfriend Camilla who belongs to a rival gang, the Crickets. When Djibril is manipulated into killing the young Cricket Mahad, war breaks out. Djibril is haunted by the curse Mahad spat out as he lay dying, and begins to communicate with the spirit world. Convinced that global apocalypse is imminent, he embarks on a crazy plan to flee with Camilla and their unborn child – the only one capable of saving them all from Mahad’s malediction. But the law catches up with him. Now, after 12 years in prison and a secure psychiatric unit, Djibril will do whatever it takes to find his daughter and convince her to fulfil his prophecy.
Directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin · Written by Jean-Bernard Marlin
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- Dalil Abdourahim Djibril (14)
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Oumar Moindjie Djibril (26) -
Wallen El Gharbaoui Ali - Mohamed Soumare Shakur (14)
- Rachid Ousseni Shakur (26)
- Maryssa Bakoum Camilla (14)
- Inès Bouzid Camilla (26)
- Amal Issihaka Hali Black Cat
- Soilahoudine Ahamadi Imran
- Anthony Krehmeier Anthony Romero
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