Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAdil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (“Bad Boys For Life,” “Black”), the rising Moroccan-born Belgian filmmaking duo, are set to direct “Rebel,” a nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy’s future.
Wild Bunch International (“Les Miserables”) and CAA Media Finance have boarded the project which tells the story of Nassim, a 13-year-old Moroccan boy from Molenbeek, who is searching for an identity after his father’s death.
While his mother Leila anxiously tries to keep him away from Karim, his older local gangster brother, Nassim needs to decide what the rest of his life will look like, even at this young age. “Rebel” is being produced by Caviar (“The Rider,” “Black”), in.
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