Meryem
Benm'Barek
Meryem Benm'Barek trained in cinema at INSAS in Brussels where she obtained her master's degree in directing. Alongside other professional experiences, Meryem Benm'Barek has directed three short films, L'After Shave (2011), Nor (2013) and Jennah (2014), selected and awarded in many festivals. She is developing her feature film project, Les plaies dorsales.
Les plaies dorsales
Malik, a 40-year-old man has always lived paralyzed by a strange fear of "disappearing." He meets Krystha, a mystical and disturbing young woman. Malik seems to be terrified of seeing the ghosts of the past resurface and refuses to confront them. But this is to misunderstand the obstinacy of Krystha who decides to cure him of his ills against his will by taking him on a breathless road movie to the heart of his deepest anxieties.