
Acting
Sayyid El Alami
Born 1999-01-01 · Colomiers, Haute-Garonne, France
Sayyid El Alami (French: [sajid ɛl alami]; born 1999) is a French actor. He is known for his starring roles in the American thriller television series Messiah (2020) and the French historical drama miniseries Oussekine (2022). His performance in the coming-of-age drama film And Their Children After Them (2024) earned him a nomination for the Lumière Award for Best Male Revelation.
Acting credits
6.1Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
Zombi Child
2019
6.6This is the crazy bet of a mother ready to do anything to help her 12-year-old son, Louis, wake up from his coma. After Louis' accident, Thelma decides to do for him the "10 things to do before the end of the world" that he had written in his diary. By listening to these adventures, Louis will see how beautiful life is and that he must come back! By fulfilling a teenager's dreams at the age of forty, Thelma will experience an incredible journey that will take her farther than she ever imagined.
The Book of Wonders
2023
6.3In eastern France, two teenage cousins have the summer of their lives when they paddle a purloined canoe to the far shore of a lake.
And Their Children After Them
2024
6.6Friendship and rebellion - but how will a secret play out in the masculine world of motocross? Willy and Jojo are best friends. They share a passion for motocross - whereas Willy uses it to honour his deceased father, it is only by excelling in the sport that Jojo’s father will notice him. Also the masculine world or racing is perfectly suited to suppress their own insecurities. Yet when Willy one fateful night discovers the hidden love life of Jojo, he will be forced to take sides in the wave of homophobia that follows.
Block Pass
2025
6.8A football coach afraid of commitment has to take care of his nephew with Asperger's Syndrome.
Mr. Know-It-All
2018
No synopsis available yet.
Fief
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6.5On the road to vacation, Jimmy and Guillaume put their relationship back into play. Jimmy becomes a lost hitchhiker, Guillaume a lonely driver. They will play not to know each other anymore, play to meet and seduce each other again. Until a third player joins the game.
Idiot Fish
2022
NRIt is the end of summer, 6pm. Logan is meeting his best friend who is being let out of a psychiatric ward. Theo has been treated there for 2 weeks after an accident. Before Theo’s mum arrives, the two boys run away to the biggest rave party of their lives. Logan thinks that Theo has changed, a truth he can feel but refuses to acknowledge. The two boys continue their escape through the mountains, to a party that remains out of reach.
Basses
2018
The French-Moroccan Alaoui family is preparing for a holiday reunion in their Marrakech home, eagerly awaiting the arrival of their daughter and sister, Leila. Their fragile balance is shattered when they learn she has been seriously injured while on assignment as a photographer in Burkina Faso. Cut off from her yet determined to bring her home, they struggle against the void her absence threatens to leave behind.
Leila et la Nuit
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5.7A drone pilot in Mali whose wife and daughter are kidnapped by terrorists. They will be executed if he doesn't derail the capture by his team of the head of a jihadist network.
The Pilot
2022
NRChaya, 11, lives with her family in the Landes region, by the ocean. When they learn they’re being evicted, her older brother Nour falls into a deep and mysterious sleep. Chaya will do everything she can to wake him up, even going so far as to dive into his dreams to find him.
The Green Eyes
2026
6.3Mid-1990s, little town in Morocco and seemingly ordinary family. Fouad is dedicated to his work in local postal services. He is climbing the signal posts and tries to keep people’s connections running. He radiates warmth and is the soul of his family and local community. Until one day, his health begins to deteriorate and his mind starts to fade. Each day, his neurological disease gets worse and paralyzes his physical and mental health. Loved ones of Fouad are facing the challenge of reconciling the changing family dynamics and a fading life.
Life Suits Me Well
2021
Syria, 2011. Nour, a young French free lance journalist, is spending Christmas’ eve with a group of journalists in an apartment located in Homs. She’s penniless and wants to go out to cover a story. But the war is raging outside…
2 minutes 30
2018
NRIn the suburbs of Paris, a small group of teenagers spend time together during the summer holidays. One day, Kenza, one of the girls from the group, does not appear at the scheduled time. She does not answer her phone, and she is disconnected from all the apps.
Ghost Mode
2018
No synopsis available yet.
Duels à Davidéjonatown
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5.4Back from their best friend Adel’s wedding, Sayyid, Samir, and Fehdi sit down to reflect–unpacking the subtle shift in their friendship that echoes the quiet mourning of a shared childhood left behind. These three brothers at heart face the prospect of navigating the world on their own, bonded still by a single cup of tea.
Le verre de thé
2025