Omar La Fraise
Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage
Elias Belkedar / Feature Narrative / Algeria, France, Qatar / 90 min / Original Language: French / Interests: Comedy, Drama, Music
Synopsis
Omar Zerrouki, better known by his street name “Omar la Fraise”, is an old-school gangster. Forced to flee from France to Algiers, he now lives off petty scams along with his sidekick Charlot. But the axe falls when the French courts sentences him to 20 years of jail time. To stay in Algiers, away from French prisons, Omar must now clean up his act. But so far, he has known little else than a life of crime and violence—transitioning to normal human relations governed by a social contract and healthy communication will be easier said than done. Not to mention earning an honest living.
Credits
- Director
- Elias Belkedar
- Screenwriter
- Elias Belkeddar, Jérôme Pierrat, Thomas Bidegain
- Producer
- Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddar, Jean Duhamel, Nicolas Lhermitte, Hugo Selignac, Vincent Mazel, Yacine Medkour, Hugo Legrand-Nathan, Salem Brahimi
About the Director
Elias Belkeddar is a 31-year-old Franco-Algerian producer, director and writer. In the past five years, he has produced music videos, short films and feature films at Iconoclast Films. He co-wrote the first feature film of director Antoine de Bary ‘My Days of Glory’, which was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2019. The film stars Vincent Lacoste and Emmanuelle Devos. In 2018, he directed his first short film ‘A Wedding Day’, selected at the 57th Semaine de la Critique where he won the Canal+ Award. The film was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).