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.
Dalil Abdourahim
Djibril (14)
Oumar Moindjie
Djibril (26)
Wallen El Gharbaoui
Ali
Mohamed Soumare
Shakur (14)
Rachid Ousseni
Shakur (26)
Maryssa Bakoum
Camilla (14)
Inès Bouzid
Camilla (26)
Amal Issihaka Hali
Black Cat
Soilahoudine Ahamadi
Imran
Anthony Krehmeier
Anthony Romero
Salem is a fantasy, drama, romance film released in 2024. Directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin, it stars Dalil Abdourahim, Oumar Moindjie, Wallen El Gharbaoui. 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.
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