MICA

MICA

Mica. France/Morocco 2020. Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi. Screenplay: Ismaël Ferroukhi, Fadette Drouard. 104 Min. Feature film. OV w/Eng. sub and Ger. voice-over. Suitable from age 6. Recommended from age 10.

MICA HAS TALENT, BUT DOES THE TENNIS COURT REALLY OFFER A NEW OUTLOOK?

Mica lives with his mother and his sick father in the slums of Meknès in Morocco. At the age of ten, he must alre­a­dy earn money for his fami­ly. As a sui­ta­ble oppor­tu­ni­ty pre­sen­ted its­elf, he was sent to Casablanca. There he works as an assistant in a ten­nis club fre­quen­ted by the city’s upper class. It is a stran­ge world in which Mica has to live with humi­lia­ti­on and con­tempt and soon rea­li­zes that he must take his fate into his own hands. Fleeing to Europe seems to be the only way out. Only when the for­mer Tennis cham­pi­on Sophia reco­gni­zes his talent on the ten­nis court, a new oppor­tu­ni­ty ari­ses for Mica.

Available in cine­mas | via Video-on-Demand (VoD) exclu­si­ve­ly for school clas­ses and groups

FR, 1.10. | 9 a.m. | DFF Cinema
TU, 5.10. | 11 a.m. | Kino im Hafen 2

Extras and Mitmischen!

LUCAS im Kino

Film talks

Director Ismaël Ferroukhi
FR, 1.10. | 9 a.m. | Kino des DFF

LUCAS im Kino

Teaching material

Filmography

2020 MICA | 2011 LES HOMMES LIBRES | 2004 LE GRAND VOYAGE | 2000 PETIT BEN | 1992 L’EXPOSÉ

Biography

The French Moroccan direc­tor Ismael Ferroukhi first drew atten­ti­on with his short film L’EXPOSÉ, which won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival. His direc­to­ri­al debut LE GRAND VOYAGE won an award at the Venice Film Festival and his latest film LES HOMMES LIBRES scree­ned at the Cannes Film.