Tangier

2006 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,758 VOTES · DIR. Frank van Mechelen

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Overview

In August 1996, bus drivers Marcel Van Loock and Wim Moreels are apprehended by the Moroccan Customs for drug trafficking. Inside their bus, hidden behind a false compartment, they have discovered 700 pounds of hashish. Although the owner of the bus company is arrested as well and makes a full confession clearly indicating that both drivers were unaware of the hidden drugs, the Moroccan judge sentences both men to 5 years in the Moroccan prison of Tangiers. Nothing could have prepared the two men for life inside a Moroccan prison. Without food, clothes or medical care, they must learn how to take care of themselves to survive their stay in prison. Corrupt guards, corrupt lawyers and judges, a consul who doesn't care and frequent beatings are only part of the terrible prison. Meanwhile their families at home are left without any information, any help or any hope - finding out that their own government doesn't care for Belgian people in prisons abroad.

Dialogue Timeline — 960 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 A friend once said, "There aren't good people or bad people."
00:03:00 And mine too...? - I've already asked him. Come on.
00:08:07 Two weeks, two hold-ups.
00:12:02 Don't move. - But the boat's about to leave.
00:16:05 Closer.
00:19:51 But I'm not going to prison.
00:24:29 Get out. Come on, get out.
00:28:06 What's the matter with you? - I want a blanket.
00:34:04 Pale face is back. - Yes.
00:38:26 you'll wish you'd never been born, OK?
00:42:07 At least, until a few days ago.
00:46:23 Sorry to hear it. - I've got a temperature. And a cough.
00:50:25 I'll get my lawyer to smuggle this letter out.
00:54:45 Mr. Van Loock. Stand up.
00:58:37 What do you hope to achieve with an article?
01:03:19 Not a word about his trial. Nothing about his sentence.
01:07:43 Are they for what I think they're for?
01:12:09 But that's only just enough to pay the rent.
01:17:34 Go.
01:24:14 On behalf of the family, I'd like to thank
01:30:04 TO CARINE
01:34:28 The Belgian consul in Tangier promises to do more for Belgian prisoners.
01:38:44 Marcel.
01:44:10 THE TRANSFER TREATY BETWEEN BELGIUM AND MOROCCO

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed960
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:44:10

Production Record

DirectorFrank van Mechelen
LanguageDutch
IMDb votes1,758