Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age

Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age
FrenchLes tortues ne meurent pas de vieillesse
Directed bySami Mermer
Hind Benchekroun
Written bySami Mermer
Hind Benchekroun
Produced bySami Mermer
Hind Benchekroun
CinematographySami Mermer
Edited byRené Roberge
Production
company
Les Films de la tortue
Distributed byLes Films du 3 Mars
Release date
  • November 2010 (2010-11) (RIDM)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesCanada
Morocco
LanguageArabic

Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age (French: Les tortues ne meurent pas de vieillesse) is a Canadian-Moroccan documentary film, directed by Sami Mermer and Hind Benchekroun and released in 2010.[1] The film profiles three elderly men in Morocco who have effectively become keepers of their community's traditional lifestyle as they are still engaged in seemingly dying occupations such as fishing, innkeeping and performing traditional Moroccan music.[2]

The film premiered at the 2010 Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] before going into commercial release in 2011.[1]

Awards

The film won the Grand prix de la Ville de Tétouan for documentary films at the 2011 Festival international de cinéma méditerranéen in Tétouan.[4]

It was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b André Duchesne, "Les tortues ne meurent jamais de vieillesse: rien ne sert de courir". La Presse, August 31, 2011.
  2. ^ André Lavoie, "Le pari de la lenteur". Le Devoir, August 26, 2011.
  3. ^ Gérard Grugeau, "La vie insoumise". 24 images, No. 150 (Dec 2010/Jan 2011). pp. 36-37.
  4. ^ André Duchesne, "Deux films québécois se distinguent au Maroc". La Presse, April 3, 2011.
  5. ^ Élizabeth Lepage-Boily, "Jutra 2012 : Les nominations". Cinoche, January 31, 2012.


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