Khamsa (2008 France)

Marc Cortes as Eleven year old Khamsa

French Synopsis Placé par mesure de protection dans une famille d’accueil, Marco, onze ans, fugue pour retrouver le camp gitan qui l’a vu naître. Rien ne semble avoir changé depuis son départ, les plongeons dans le chantier naval de l’Estaque, les parties de cartes nocturnes et les combats de coqs... Avec son cousin, le nain Tony, Marco rêve de faire fortune avec les combats de coqs. En attendant, il fait les quatre cents coups avec Coyote son ami d’enfance. Avec lui il rencontre Rachitique, un jeune Arabe d’une cité voisine. Très vite, le trio inconscient passe du vol de scooter au cambriolage de maison. Il a beau embrasser la petite main de fatma qu’il porte toujours autour du cou, la protection et le bonheur qu’elle est sensée lui apporter ne sont pas au rendez-vous. Marco ne souhaite qu’une seule chose : trouver sa place dans un monde qui se passe de lui.

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I have seen this movie today and I have been very impressed by the quality of Young Marc Cortes' play. Sorry, but I haven't find an english synopsis so I can only try to give you in English a limited information : Khamsa has ran away from a foster home and tries to find a place in the gipsy camp where he was born and where his father lives. The film is centered on him and shows several days of his life in this camp.

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I have just discovered this movie was yet in the BA database.