Zanka Contact

Larsen is an ex-rockstar and Rajae is a musically gifted prostitute. They meet unexpectedly during a car crash, and slowly delve into an intense and passionate relationship fuelled by their mutual love for music. Followed by the ghosts of post-traumatic stress disorder, Larsen and Rajae must also fight against the context in which they live: a cruel and authoritarian pimp, Larsen’s severe heroin addiction and Rajae’s angry and powerful client. As they become each other’s escape routes, they decide to run away from Casablanca in a motorcycle, while Rajae’s pimp follows them. The image of a snake becomes a recurrent symbol – not only in Larsen’s hallucinations but also in the film aesthetics –, fusing the dramatic plot with mythical connotations.  

Bouncing between a dark comedy, a musical and a violent western movie, Zanka Contact shifts with archetypes and brings the depth of 35mm Cinemascope to tell a contemporary Moroccan love story. The film contain scenes of graphic violence.