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Moroccan film director Mohamed Ismail, working on a film about how Africans illegally emigrate to Europe in hopes of a better life, brought 70 extras to the northern town of Ecchaouen for filming. That was just the help they needed: Ismail woke up in the morning to find that the extras had fled in “rickety old boats” across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain. A new casting call was issued to replace the extras. (Reuters) ...Who were ordered to wait until Ismail yells “Action!”


Publication Date: 13 August 2000

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