Hollywood Reporter
by Vladi
Morocco has selected the drama Burnout as its entry for the best foreign-language film category at the Oscars.
The film chronicles the lives of several people from various social backgrounds.
‘Burnout’
Directed by Nour Eddine Lakhmari, Burnout portrays several people from various social backgrounds living in Casablanca: a 13-year old boy who works as a shoe shopper in a hope to earn enough money to buy a bone prosthesis for his mother; a medicine student who eventually confronts his privileged customer; a Jaguar-driving, confined man who is unhappy with his wife.
Co-produced by Morocco and Norway, Burnout was released theatrically in Morocco on October 11, 2017.
Burnout is the fourth feature for Lakhmari, who is also a singer and musician. His best-known film on the international festival circuit is 2008’s Casanegra, which also was Morocco’s submission to the Oscars in the foreign-language category.
Burnout is Morocco’s 14th submission to the best foreign-language film Oscar race. No Moroccan film has earned a nomination or a statuette so far, but Roschdy Zem’s Omar Killed Me made the January shortlist in 2011.
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