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Director:
Nabil Ayouch
Writers:
Nabil Ayouch
Nathalie Saugeon
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Release Date:
25 November 2000 (Morocco) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Crime See more »
Plot:
Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
20 wins & 2 nominations See more »
User Reviews:
A fantastic film about Life!!!!! See more (19 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
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
Khalid Ghanimi ... Shita
Mohamed Ajmil ... Barrito
Mohamed Ezzanati ... Nemss
Tarik El Hichou ... Chino
Jalila Boulhimez ... Journalist
Youssef Semane ... Martyr child
Mohamed Gourari ... Kitchen child
Noureddine Jori ... Lookout child
Abdel Ali Abrouk ... Wounded child
Bouchaïb Anouar ... Beggar child
Mustapha Samit ... Taxi driver
Saïd El Haymer ... Bouncer
Chouaïb El Haymer ... Bouncer
Ahmed Naim ... High school girl's father
Meriame Raiss ... High school girl's friend
Ftah Bouchaib ... Adolescent
Mohamed Ammor ... Policeman
Hakim Behlalia ... Policeman
Najat M'Jid ... Driver at lights (as Dr. Najat M'Jid)
Mourad Kamil ... Driver at lights
Brahim Boukhabrine ... Hardware store customer
Abdelilah Ammor ... Watchman
Mustapha Nassbi ... Watchman
Mustapha Walahyane ... Watchman
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Directed by
Nabil Ayouch 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Nabil Ayouch 
Nathalie Saugeon 

Produced by
Nabil Ayouch .... associate producer
Etienne Comar .... producer (as Étienne Comar)
Jean Cottin .... producer
Martine Lambrechts .... associate producer
Antoine Voituriez .... producer
 
Original Music by
Krishna Levy 
 
Cinematography by
Renaat Lambeets 
Vincent Mathias 
 
Film Editing by
Jean-Robert Thomann 
 
Casting by
Fayçal Boughrine 
 
Art Direction by
Saïd Raïs 
 
Set Decoration by
Abdelhadi Chay 
Rachid Rais 
 
Costume Design by
Nezha Dakil 
 
Makeup Department
Malika Bouizergane .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Driss Benchhiba .... unit manager
Latifa Irassi .... production supervisor
Frantz Richard .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Akrame El Meziane .... second assistant director
Mohamed El Meziane .... first assistant director
 
Sound Department
Philippe Baudhuin .... sound mixer
Mathieu Cox .... sound re-recording mixer
Sandrine Deegen .... sound editor
François Guillaume .... sound
Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans .... sound effects editor
 
Visual Effects by
Mark Bakowski .... digital compositor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Renaat Lambeets .... Steadicam operator
Renaat Lambeets .... camera operator
Ludovic Simeon .... second assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Stéphanie Pedelacq .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Edouard Dubois .... music consultant
Stéphane Reichart .... music scoring mixer
 
Other crew
Céline Breuil-Japy .... script supervisor
Charlotte Corrigan .... production assistant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue" - Morocco (original title)
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Runtime:
99 min | Italy:90 min (Giffoni Film Festival) | USA:90 min | Argentina:95 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Country:
Morocco | Tunisia | France | Belgium | USA
Language:
Arabic | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
New Zealand:R13 | UK:15 (cut) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Mexico:B | Spain:13 | Sweden:11
Filming Locations:
Casablanca, Morocco
Company:
2MSee more »

Did You Know?

Goofs:
Continuity: When Boubker moves the tray of sardines, its position then changes between shots. The corner by Omar crosses the white line, but not in the subsequent shot.See more »
Movie Connections:
References The 400 Blows (1959)See more »

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6 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
A fantastic film about Life!!!!!, 1 November 2001
Author: anton-6 from sweden

This film was great.Could be the best film I have seen in theaters this year.It´s about homeless children in Morocko living on the streets and one day Ali gets murdered in a violent fight.Suddenly there is a hope for his friends,they make up their mind to do a nice Funeral to Ali what ever it will cost.But soon they find out that it is not so easy......

The children acts so Masterful and that´s maybe because they play them self.The film is disturbing but still very beautiful and poetic.It almost brought me to tears sometimes.It´s not for children but adult and teenagers can see this fantastic film.I almost give this 5/5 it´s only some things that makes me give this a VERY strong four.4+/5

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