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6/10
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babayane12 September 2023
Les Meutes" is a film noir, like space-time, here at night, in which the action of the film takes place, and which seems endless. We are in the suburbs of the old medina of Casablanca. A crazy, clandestine world, where we survive according to street codes, which are ruthless. It's the world of schemes, micmacs and trafficking of all kinds. Beware of those who falter...

So that night, a dog fight goes wrong and one of the punters loses his dog. He then decides to take revenge. This is where a convict with a battered face and his son enter the dance: the two men, willing but clumsy, rent a van to organize a kidnapping. Which one goes wrong...
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7/10
The insanity and tension to get rid of a corpse
chenp-547084 May 2024
A good noir movie about a kidnapping gone terribly wrong and the tension and dramatic moments of trying to get rid of the evidence. Throughout, the camerawork, pacing, and the performances from the cast members are pretty good as it helps to add the tense atmosphere, engagement, and clumsiness throughout in both nerve-wrecking and thriller ways. Including some great character dynamics and direction as well.

The narrative is the standard "getting rid of the body" genre and there are some moments that could have been improved and some of the characters being too thin to connect with. But for a runtime of less then 95 minutes, it's a good noir crime story with good thrills and good pacing where not a single moment feels boring. Moroccan cinema hasn't been discussed much and I'm happy to see more works from Africa coming out.
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