Private Project

The Fifth String

To teach him the subtleties of the lute, a master of music promises to his nephew to reveal him the secret of the fifth string but very soon the teacher realizes the audacity of his student and can't bear it.

  • SELMA BARGACH
    Director
  • SELMA BARGACH
    Writer
  • RACHIDA SAADI
    Producer
  • KHOULOUD
    Key Cast
    "LEILA"
  • HICHEM ROSTOM
    Key Cast
    "AMIR"
  • ALI SMILI
    Key Cast
    "MALEK"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La 5ème Corde
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 38 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 5, 2011
  • Country of Origin:
    Morocco
  • Country of Filming:
    Morocco
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • JANAPROD
    Country: Morocco
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - SELMA BARGACH

Selma Bargach was born in Casablanca. She studied in the Sorbonne, art and the experimental cinema. She carried out her first short films into super 8 and at the same time she took part in the creation of a resource centre and research on arts of the Maghreb. The ONA offered her to join the foundation in order to constitute the funds audio-visual and be in charge of the programming. She obtained her doctorate on the subject of the "statute and the role of the woman in the Moroccan cinema". Back to Morocco, she is back first of all an assistant director with large Moroccan and foreign directors. Later, she carried out short films of fiction very quickly noticed. Her first full-length film "THE FIFTH STRING" has been selected in several festivals in the world and obtained a lot of prizes. She was vice president of the URAM – Union of Moroccan film directors. Her new feature INDIGO is a drama.

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