Salem

May 29 2024 N/A 2h 40m
Fantasy

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.

Plot

A former gang member who believes his daughter is the only one who save his community from an curse uttered by a rival gang member in his dying breath.

Written by

Jeanne Aptekman, Agnès Feuvre, Jean-Bernard Marlin

Directed by

Jean-Bernard Marlin

Cast

Oumar Moindjie, Dalil Abdourahim, Wallenn El Gharbaoui

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Unité, Vatos Locos Productions

Languages

Français

Awards

2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
107
Average Rating
5.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA