Yassine Marco Marroccu graduated in Audiovisual Arts and Film Directing from the University of Udine. He has extensive knowledge of international productions working in Morocco and Italy as a producer and director since 2000. Owner of Eclipse Films, based in Casablanca, he has contributed to the development of numerous projects, directed and produced important national and international advertising campaigns, several short films and participated in a large number of humanitarian projects in the North African region and refugee camps in South East Europe. He directed his first short film in 2000, GNAWAS has been invited to many international festivals.
Through the “Morning show” of a major Moroccan radio station, the public discovers the adventure experienced by Jemal which the radio host transforms into a comedy for his listeners: Growing up in Essaouira, Jemal left for the USA after winning the Green Card lottery. His dream seemed to come true in the Nevada desert where he had been working for two weeks. But, during a hold-up, he was arrested by the FBI. His only crime was his resemblance to Abu Qataba, a terrorist actively sought after the September 11 attacks. After a year in prison, the truth finally triumphed, the real Abu Qataba was arrested, and Jemal was released.
In the spring of 1961, two Italians from Morocco embarked on a mission to rescue a mysterious shipwrecked on the shores of the Atlantic Sahara. A series of inexplicable events block their path to personal glory. Adversity, betrayal, disappointment will be their daily bread. But the Sahara is also the scene of a human adventure which leads them to reach their most extreme limits. They confront their own conscience and bitterly realize that the desert reflects their own failure. Will they be able to accept the real price?
