Jude Law Crime Thriller ‘The Order’ to Open Marrakech Film Festival Amid Richly Assorted Lineup
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Justin Kurzel’s timely thriller “The Order,” starring Jude Law as a FBI agent fighting neo-Nazi terrorists, will open the Marrakech International Film Festival with Law and producer Stuart Ford in tow.
The festival – which runs Nov. 29 to Dec. 7 in the ancient Moroccan city – has announced its lineup of more than 70 films which, as is customary, mixes known titles and fresh fare. “The Order” will screen as part of the event’s gala screenings that also comprise French-Moroccan auteur Nabil Ayouch’s feminist musical drama “Everybody Loves Touda,” Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” and Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” all of which will be accompanied by their directors.
The 14-title competition dedicated to first and second works includes Moroccan director Saïd Hamich Benlarbi’s melodrama “Across the Sea,” about North African exiles in Marseilles, and Hind Meddeb’s doc “Sudan, Remember Us,” which pays homage to Sudanese people and culture by chronicling their 2019 revolution. “Sudan, Remember Us” is among films supported by the fest’s Atlas Workshops industry initiative, aimed at fostering and supporting the emergence of a new generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers.
Other competition entries include Polish director Damian Kocur’s “Under the Volcano,” about a family from Kyiv that learns their stay in Spain has become indefinite with the invasion of Ukraine; Somali filmmaker Mo Harawe’s “The Village Next to Paradise,” which was the first ever Somali film to screen at Cannes; and Australian/U.K.
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