Mascarades Page #4

Synopsis: Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is his headstrong, narcoleptic sister Rym who falls asleep anywhere and whom the village is convinced will end up a spinster. One evening, Mounir returns from town drunk and announces that he's found a suitor for his sister. The fake story snowballs and snowballs until the suitor morphs into a rich, blonde Australian. The village begins preparing for the wedding in earnest - but without a bridegroom in sight.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Lyès Salem
Production: Haut et Court
  5 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
NOT RATED
Year:
2008
94 min
6 Views


About what?

What?

Whos Vancooten?

Get up! This time you

wont escape by sleeping.

Dont wake her!

We planned everything.

Whats this about an American?

- Just in time. Im in trouble.

- You cant do it!

I love her and she loves me.

Its been four years...

Yes, four years.

Every night, I wait under her

window. Ive wanted to tell you many times.

You cant marry her off. Rym

is mine. I want to marry her.

And she wants to marry me.

Traitor! Bastard! I trusted you!

I welcomed you into my home

and what did you do behind my back?

We love each other. You know it.

She loves you, my ass!

No one touches my sister!

Go home!

You wont marry her off.

Id rather marry her to a cockroach.

Dont let me see you hanging around.

This time, Ill kill him.

- Mounir!

- Dad!

Microwave. Cook a

chicken or a blond.

- What?

- A microwave.

It took a while, but I wanted

a brand new one for you.

Microwave.

- Are you sure Vancooten exists?

- Yes!

- Did you see him?

- No.

- So he doesnt exist.

- He does.

There was a table reserved for him!

- Enough, we heard you.

- Im telling you what I saw.

We need to calm things down,

say weve had no news...

You and I need to talk.

- I discovered your little secret.

- It was about time.

Thats it, go back to sleep.

But from today

the shutters stay

closed and the door open.

Your little trysts are over.

And no more going out alone.

If you want me to sort this

out, she has to knock it off.

That guy is crazy!

I swear to you, they

made everyone go outside.

He entered like a king.

chasing him like dogs.

- Who were they?

- His staff, assistants...

With mobiles and computers.

Imagine, he booked two

floors for his staff.

He does international business.

Hes like a prince

from Dubai, only blond.

How do you know

all that, you viper?

Mrs Abbas told me everything.

She was there when they

came back from the hotel.

- Hes not Muslim?

- Of course not.

Hes Swedish, but will convert.

Hell have to get circumcised.

His name is William?

And before he left,

you know what he did?

He went over to

Mounir, shook his hand,

and said in front of everyone

Youll see, family

is important to me.

Mounir made it all

up. Its impossible.

Calling me a liar? I

know what Im saying.

I was there, I saw

it with my own eyes.

With his staff, he

takes up half the hotel.

The guys around him,

theyre real pros.

It was like an American movie.

The Colonels cars are

rubbish in comparison!

I heard hes staying two

more weeks. And why is that?

- You said he knew Mounir.

- Are you mad?

The hotels a bunker and

hes surrounded by bodyguards.

You cant get near him.

And hes coming here?

Dont worry, Im okay.

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