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Hush Hush Baby (2004)
"Shouf shouf habibi!" (original title)

 -  Comedy | Drama  -  29 January 2004 (Netherlands)
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Abdullah 'Ap' Bentarek may be happy that, unlike his Uncle Yusuf who stayed in the ancestral Moroccan mountain village, his own father, Ali, moved to the Netherlands. However, the boy has ... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
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Salah Eddine Benmoussa ...
Ali Bentarek
Zohra 'Flifla' Slimani ...
Khadija Bentarek
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Samir 'Sam' Bentarek
Iliass Ojja ...
Tanja Jess ...
Maja
Frank Lammers ...
Chris
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Leila Bentarek
Mimoun Ouled Radi ...
Rachid
Mohammed Chaara ...
Leo Alkemade ...
Robbie
Winston Gerschtanowitz ...
Daan
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Britt
Bridget Maasland ...
Carlie
Ahmed Kamal ...
Youssef
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Abdullah 'Ap' Bentarek may be happy that, unlike his Uncle Yusuf who stayed in the ancestral Moroccan mountain village, his own father, Ali, moved to the Netherlands. However, the boy has lousy friends, who are his partners in crime (in the legal sense), and unrealistic expectations at the employment office. Even when a relative gets him the office job he claimed to crave in the very bank his mates dream of robbing, he messes it up in a single day and rejoins the louts. Meanwhile his sister Leila refuses to be married off, and kid brother Driss abuses father's ignorance of the Dutch language to pretend the school's complaints about him are compliments. Written by KGF Vissers

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Highest-grossing Dutch movie of 2004. See more »

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Ap: What are the five differences between E.T. and a Moroccan? 1: E.T. had a bike of his own. 2: E.T. looked good. 3: E.T. came alone. 4: E.T. wanted to learn the language. 5: E.T. wanted to go back where he came from.
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Hyped in Holland
14 February 2004 | by (The Netherlands) – See all my reviews

This is supposed to be a comedy about Moroccan people trying to settle down in the Netherlands, and trying to make some money the easy way. Indeed there are one or two funny scenes, but on the whole there's too little humor to make this film a comedy: no smiles, no belly-laughs, no tongue-in-cheek jokes. The acting is flat and unconvincing, the filming is unimaginative. If you'd like to see a film about the clash between Islam and European culture, the generation gap between the immigrants and their children you'd better go and see 'East is East'. 'Shouf shouf habibi', hyped as the 'First Dutch Moroccan Film Ever', will not go down in my history book. 4/10
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