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Mascarades is a Algérien film of genre Drama directed by Lyes Salem released in USA on 22 april 2009 with Mohamed Bouchaïb
Mascarades (2008)
مسخرة
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 22 april 2009
Length 1h32
Directed by Lyes Salem
OriginAlgerie
Themes Films about marriage
Rating65%
Masquerades (مسخرة) is a 2008 film directed by Lyes Salem.
Synopsis
A village in Algiers. Proud and a bluffer, Mounir wishes to be admired by all, but he has a weakness: His sister, Rym, who falls asleep anywhere. One night on the way back from the city, and quite inebriated, he shouts out to all and sunder that a rich businessman has asked for his sister’s hand. By the next morning, he’s the envy of all. Trapped by his own lie, Mounir changes his family’s destiny.Actors
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