Morocco since 1946
Independent Morocco. Political repressions, Islamic radicalism, terrorism. Arabian spring.
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- DirectorMehdi OuhammouStarsAli Hussain DawoodValerie DenisChuka EkweogwuNERO, a teenager whose father is wrongfully accused of a crime by the government decides to avenge his father by joining a rebel organisation which fights against the system. This new experience makes Nero realize the hidden aspects in the system and the harsh realities of living in a corrupt society.
- DirectorAbdelkader LagtaaStarsSonia OkachaAnas El BazBoutaina El FekkakIn Rabat, Jocelyne, a 28-year-old French teacher, is married to Abdellatif Laâbi, a 29-year-old Moroccan poet, with whom she has two children. Abdellatif, director of the opposition magazine Souffles, creates with his friend, Abraham Serfaty, the clandestine revolutionary movement, Ilal-Amam. In January 1972, Abdellatif and Abraham are arrested. They are, however, freed one month after the birth of Qods, Abdellatifs daughter. But, in March 1972, Abdellatif is arrested once again. Abraham escapes from the police and goes underground. Evelyne, Abrahams sister is arrested and savagely tortured. Freed, she tells Jocelyne that she was called a dirty Jew by the police. This insult reminds Jocelyne of a terrible family secret: her father, member of the Vichy militia, participated in the arrest of Jews in Lyon. Jocelyne decides to be the secret link between Abraham and the prisoners and she mobilizes with the families. In 1973, Abdellatif is sentenced to ten years in prison! In 1974, Abraham is arrested, which enables the police to discover the letters that Jocelyne wrote him. Arrested, her passport is confiscated and she is taken to a secret detention center where she ends up admitting that she wrote the letters. Freed, she notices that Qods growth has stopped. The doctors prescribe tests in France. But the embassy refuses to give her a new passport because of a secret deal with the police! In 1977, Abraham is sentenced to life imprisonment! The prisoners go on a hunger strike. One prisoner, Saïda Menebhi, dies. The fight pays off: in 1980, the families can visit the prisoners outside the visiting room. But this visit reminds Jocelyne that she must wait two more years before Abdellatif is released. Despondent, she takes comfort with friends in Casablanca. The next day, in a spectacular turn of events, she learns that Abdellatif had been released the night before!
- DirectorKadija LeclereStarsHiam AbbassMehdi DehbiHafsia HerziAlsemberg, 1975, Sarah an 8-year-old-girl is living in a Catholic foster family. One day, her biological father whom she has never seen before, comes to take her for a weekend in Paris. But she wakes up in Morocco where her father abandons her with his family without any explanation. Nine years later, with no money coming from her father, during the 'Hunger Revolt' (The Revolt of Awbach): Sarah dreams of going back to Belgium, to school, to the books and to a life she considers free.
- DirectorHicham LasriStarsHasan BadidahYahya El FouandiImad FijjajAfter 20 years spent in jail, a political prisoner is released in the midst of the Arab Spring. A TV crew doing a report on the social movements in Morocco decides to follow him in the quest of hist past...
- DirectorYoussef BritelStarsZineb TrikiMourad ZaouiAziz DadasYoussef Britel's Al-Massira, is a patriotic account of 350,000 civilians' dramatic 1975 march into the Southern Moroccan territory of the Sahara desert.
- DirectorSerge Le PéronSaïd SmihiStarsCharles BerlingSimon AbkarianJosiane BalaskoMy name is Georges Figon. Okay I'm dead but, being the talkative kind, death isn't going to stop me from speaking. Yes, I'm a shady individual. Sure I have links with the underworld and other dark forces. But luring Ben Barka, the Moroccan opposition leader, into a trap was mainly an opportunity for me to become a great movie producer. Nothing political about it. Just the big money. And my girlfriend, actress Anne-Marie Coffinet, will become a star thanks to me. I have already been able to sign Georges Franju as the director,Marguerite Duras as the scriptwriter and Ben Barka as the technical advisor of a film that will never be. What I didn't know is that I had hired the Grim Reaper as the Nemesis...
- DirectorFaouzi BensaïdiStarsFouad LabiedNezha RahileMohamed MajdIt is the holy month of Ramadan in Morocco in 1981. Amina, accompanied with her seven years old son Mehdi, come to live with her father-in-law Ahmed in a small village in Morocco, after her husband was arrested for political reasons. The arrest of the father must stay a secret for Mehdi who was told that his father traveled to France for work.
- DirectorMohcine BesriStarsRabii BenjhaileAïssam BoualiAbdenbi El BeniwiOn the order of their spiritual leader, three young Islamists kidnap a group of actors who are about to go on tour with their latest show. When the kidnappers arrive at the place of detention, they find themselves cut off from their base. Ensues a 7-day no exit situation, in which both sides are forced to live together, confront each other and challenge their mutual prejudices.
- DirectorMohamed Chrif TribakStarsYounes AssassMohamed AssouMohammed BakkaliNorth of Morocco. Early 90's. Her high school diploma between her hands, Rahil decides, against her family's will to carry on her studies at University. She discovers a climbing Islamic influence. Few syndicalist militants try to resist.
- DirectorLaurence MalkinStarsMimi FerrerLaurence FishburneTouriya HaoudIn Morocco to assist with the creation of a food charity, a Dutchman is abducted by a terrorist.