Khamsa

Khamsa

2008 · 99 min · FR · 6.0 (21 votes)
Dir. Karim Dridi · Starring Marco Cortes, Raymond Adam, Tony Fourmann, Mehdi Laribi, Simon Abkarian, Magalie Contreras
Drama

After fleeing from his foster family, 11-years-old Khamsa returns to the gypsy camp where he was born. With his cousin, Tony "The Midget", Khamsa dreams of getting rich with cock fights. Nothing seems to have changed since he left, the card games, the Mediterranean Sea... Until his best friend, Coyote, meets Rachitique, a small-time crook. Very soon they pass from stealing scooters to armed robbery, and Khamsa quickly spirals down into delinquency.

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A raw, unflinching look at childhood innocence lost. It's a gritty, melancholic dive into a world of desperation and fleeting dreams, where the allure of quick money leads to a swift, inevitable downward spiral.

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