Foam (2020)
28m
Running Time
February 24, 2020Release Date
Plot.
The car repair shop is their second home and their colleagues are like family. Everyone has their quirks and is accepted for the way they are. But then comes the bad news: they are soon to be squeezed out by a more lucrative new building project.
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Cast & Crew.
Hakim Loudyi
Hakim
Abdelghafour Elaaziz
Abdel
Papedame Diongue
Pap
Manuel Soulières
Manu
Farid El-Arkhas
Farid
Alexis Lefebvre
Barman
Lise Castonguay
Car Wash Owner
Yvon Aucoin
Car Wash Owner
Details.
Release DateFebruary 24, 2020
Original NameÉcume
StatusReleased
Running Time28m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
short
family business
car wash
Wiki.
Foam (French: Écume) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Omar Elhamy and released in 2020. The film stars Hakim Loudyi as Hakim, a man whose return to work at a car wash following a stint in jail does not go as expected, when his boss announces that the car wash is closing.
The film premiered at the 70th Berlin Film Festival in February 2020. It had its Canadian premiere at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in October 2020, where it won the National Short Film Competition.
It was subsequently named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2020.
The film won the Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.