False Start
2015, Arabic. Directed by Yto Barrada.
This film by French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada observes the elaborate fossil industry in Morocco. Paying homage to the 'preparators' in the arid region between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert, whose intrepid work is fueling a thriving trade in artifacts real, faux and hybrid, False Start is a rebuke to the fetishistic thirst for foreign objects, a sly meditation on authenticity, and a paean to creativity.
- Runtime
- 0h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 1 January 2015
- Original title
- Faux départ
- Country
- Morocco
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False Start runs 23 minutes (0h 23m).
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False Start isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2015. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like False Start?
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Who directed False Start?
False Start (2015) was directed by Yto Barrada.