Morocco Movie Updates

Fri., May. 13, 2011

from Variety

Link to Shoot Marrakesh Pic

German helmer Caroline Link is heading to Morocco for her next pic, a family drama set in Marrakesh. Ulrich Tukur toplines the as yet untitled Euros 6 million ($8.5 million) project, which is set to shoot in the North African country this winter for a late 2012 or early 2013 release.

• added Desert Flower as a production company
• changed the production status to Pre-Production
• set the production budget to $8,500,000
• added Ulrich Tukur to the credits
• added Hafsia Herzi to the credits
• added Caroline Link to the credits
• added a synopsis

• A successful German director travels with his son to Marrakesh, where he is staging a play. He attempts to reconnect with the estranged boy but instead drives him away. The son seeks solace in the city’s sleazy nightclubs where he meets a feisty pr... show all ostitute. She takes him to her hometown and helps him gain the courage to stand up to his father.

• changed the production status to Announced
• created the movie profile