Rabat (film)
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Rabat is a Dutch roadmovie, and the first film made by Jim Taihattu and Victor Ponten, from Habbekrats.
Habbekrats, founded in 2004, is an independent dutch advertising company, which focuses specifically on people and companies with a so called 'no-nonsense' mentality. For example, they made a videoclip for the dutch rapduo The Opposites called 'Dom, lomp & famous'
They have also worked for Het Parool
, Freshcotton, MTV Netherlands and DuvelDuvel.
It was filmed in the summer of 2010 during a period of five weeks. The premiere was on the 6th of June 2011 at Tuschinski
in Amsterdam
.
The three main characters are played by Nasrdin Dchar
, Achmed Akkabi
and Marwan Kenzari. The film was shot by a young cameraman from Holland: Lennart Verstegen.
, in Morocco.
At first he intends to go alone, but his two friends Abdel (Achmed Akkabi) and Zakaria (Marwan Kenzari) invite themselves along. They travel through Holland, Belgium
, France
, Spain
and Morocco
. Along the way they experience all kind of things. In France they pick up a hitchhiker called Julie (Stéphane Caillard) with whom he falls in love. In Spain they get arrested and treated unfairly by the police, and when they go clubbing in Barcelona
with Julie and her friends, they aren't allowed in the club, because they're foreigners. Along the way Nadir is keeping a secret from his two best friends with whom he has been friends with for seventeen years, and is planning on opening a shoarma restaurant with. The secret causes a big fight on their way there, but also makes their friendship stronger.
At the end they all go their own way; Nadir goes back to Barcelona, to Julie, Zakaria goed to visit and find his family in Tunisia, and Abdel goes back to Amsterdam to start up their shoarma restaurant.
Habbekrats, founded in 2004, is an independent dutch advertising company, which focuses specifically on people and companies with a so called 'no-nonsense' mentality. For example, they made a videoclip for the dutch rapduo The Opposites called 'Dom, lomp & famous'
They have also worked for Het Parool
Het Parool
Het Parool is an Amsterdam-based daily newspaper. It was founded as a resistance paper during World War II by Frans Van Heuven Goedhart and Jaap Nunes Vaz...
, Freshcotton, MTV Netherlands and DuvelDuvel.
It was filmed in the summer of 2010 during a period of five weeks. The premiere was on the 6th of June 2011 at Tuschinski
Tuschinski
Pathé Tuschinski is a movie theater in the Netherlands, in Amsterdam, originally exploited by Abraham Icek Tuschinski, who had it built in 1921 at a cost of 4 million guilders, in a spectacular mix of styles, as designed by Hijman Louis de Jong; Amsterdam School, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau and Art Deco...
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
.
The three main characters are played by Nasrdin Dchar
Nasrdin Dchar
Nasrdin Dchar is a Moroccan-Dutch actor and presenter. Dchar has acted in many theatre productions. His first important television appearance was in Cut, a popular youth series of BNN. He is also seen in soap opera Onderweg naar Morgen, Eddy Terstall's Mannenharem and as a lead character in drama...
, Achmed Akkabi
Achmed Akkabi
Achmed Akkabi is a Moroccan-Dutch actor.Akkabi was born and raised in The Hague into a family of six. Both his parents are both immigrants from Morocco...
and Marwan Kenzari. The film was shot by a young cameraman from Holland: Lennart Verstegen.
Plot
In the movie Nadir (Nasrdin Dchar) has to bring a taxi that used to belong to his dad, to his uncle in RabatRabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...
, in Morocco.
At first he intends to go alone, but his two friends Abdel (Achmed Akkabi) and Zakaria (Marwan Kenzari) invite themselves along. They travel through Holland, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. Along the way they experience all kind of things. In France they pick up a hitchhiker called Julie (Stéphane Caillard) with whom he falls in love. In Spain they get arrested and treated unfairly by the police, and when they go clubbing in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
with Julie and her friends, they aren't allowed in the club, because they're foreigners. Along the way Nadir is keeping a secret from his two best friends with whom he has been friends with for seventeen years, and is planning on opening a shoarma restaurant with. The secret causes a big fight on their way there, but also makes their friendship stronger.
At the end they all go their own way; Nadir goes back to Barcelona, to Julie, Zakaria goed to visit and find his family in Tunisia, and Abdel goes back to Amsterdam to start up their shoarma restaurant.
Cast
- Nasrdin DcharNasrdin DcharNasrdin Dchar is a Moroccan-Dutch actor and presenter. Dchar has acted in many theatre productions. His first important television appearance was in Cut, a popular youth series of BNN. He is also seen in soap opera Onderweg naar Morgen, Eddy Terstall's Mannenharem and as a lead character in drama...
as Nadir - Achmed AkkabiAchmed AkkabiAchmed Akkabi is a Moroccan-Dutch actor.Akkabi was born and raised in The Hague into a family of six. Both his parents are both immigrants from Morocco...
as Abdel - Marwan Kenzari as Zakaria
- Stéphane Caillard as Julie