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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Nabil Ayouch (writer)
Nathalie Saugeon (writer)
Release Date:
25 November 2000 (Morocco) more
Plot:
Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality... more | add synopsis
Awards:
20 wins & 2 nominations more
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An Unforgettable Very Sensitive and Moving Low Budget Movie more (17 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mounïm Kbab | ... | Kwita |
| Mustapha Hansali | ... | Omar |
| Hicham Moussoune | ... | Boubker |
| Abdelhak Zhayra | ... | Ali Zaoua |
| Saïd Taghmaoui | ... | Dib |
| Amal Ayouch | ... | Ali Zaoua's mother |
| Mohamed Majd | ... | The fisherman |
| Hicham Ibrahimi | ... | The sailor |
| Nadia Ould Hajjaj | ... | Schoolgirl |
| Abdelkader Lofti | ... | Hardware store owner |
| Khalil Essaadi | ... | Khalid |
| Abdessamad Tourab Seddam | ... | Noureddine |
| Ahmed Lahlil | ... | Man in bar |
| Karim Merzak | ... | The marabout's son |
| Halima Frizi | ... | Old woman |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Ali Zoua: Prince of the Streets (USA)
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Runtime:
99 min | Italy:90 min (Giffoni Film Festival) | USA:90 min | Argentina:95 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R13 | UK:15 (cut) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Mexico:B | Spain:13 | Sweden:11
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References Les quatre cents coups (1959) more
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In the streets of Casablanca, the homeless boys Kwita, Omar and Boubker, leaded by Ali Zaoua, the son of a prostitute, leave the gang of Dib. The dream of Ali is to become a sailor and navigate with his mother to an isolated island with two suns. However, the four friends are attacked by Dib's gang and Ali dies, hit by a stone on the head. Kwita, Omar and Boubker hide the body in a hole, while trying to get money for a special funeral for the `prince' Ali. This movie is one the most sensitive and moving stories I have ever seen, comparable to the 1950 Luis Buñuel's masterpiece `Los Olvidados' and 1981 Hector Babenco's `Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco'. Indeed, it is a low budget movie, supported by outstanding director and infantile cast and a wonderful and never corny story. It is impossible not having the emotions affected or even cry with such a beautiful conclusion of a marvelous drama. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): `As Ruas de Casablanca' (`The Streets of Casablanca')