THE UNKNOWN SAINT

LE MIRACLE DU SAINT INCONNU

By Alaa EDDINE ALJEM

ALTAMAR FILMS - as PROD

Black comedy - Completed 2019

After years in captivity, a thief returns to retrieve the money he stole and discovers a mausoleum is unexpectedly built on the site where he stashed the money.

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes 2019
Critics' week
Sydney 2019
Karlovy Vary 2019
FID 2019
Melbourne Fest. 2019
Sarajevo FF 2019
BFI London FF 2019
Busan - BIFF/APM 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Black comedy, First film
    • Countries
    • MOROCCO
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alaa EDDINE ALJEM
    • Producer(s)
    • Francesca DUCA (Le Moindre Geste), Alexa RIVERO (ALTAMAR FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Moments before his capture by police, a thief digs a grave to hide a bag of money.
      Released from prison years later he returns to retrieve the bag, only to find a shrine to an Unknown Saint build directly over his loot, and a brand new village constructed all around it.