Adieu mères (2007)

User Rating:

9.9/10   

Director:

Mohamed Ismail

Writers:

Reine Danan (screenplay)
Mohamed Ismail (screenplay)

Release Date:

February 2008 (Morocco)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Sephardic | Family Relationships | Jewish | Morocco | Moroccan

Cast

Marc Samuel	...	Henry
Rachid El Ouali	...	Brahim
Souad Amidou	...	Ruth
Hafida Kassoui	...	Fatima
Christian Drillaud	...	Benchetrit
Rachel Huet	...	Éliane
Nazha Regragui	...	Chouchana
Ahmed Alaoui	...	Ouaknine
Amina Rachid	...	Mrs. Attar
Fatima Regragui	...	Mama Hanna
Salah Dizane	...	Benchekroun
Tarik Mounim	...	Mehdi
Ahmed Saguia	...	David
Meriam Zouine	...	Marcelle
Omar Chenbod	...	Rabbi Braham

Also Known As:

Goodbye Mothers (International: English title)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Morocco

Language:

Arabic | French

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Casablanca, Morocco

Company:

Maya Films

Trivia:

Morocco's official submission to the 2009 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Very good movie

I had the chance to see the movie in Montreal where a big community of Moroccan Jews are living. The movie is very good. It brings light about the event of Jews exod from Morocco. There were Jews living in Morocco during centuries, and by the time of Europe's madness a lot of European Jews found in Morocco a safe place to live in. The movie answers the question of why and how the Moroccan Jews choose to quit Morocco. The story is captivating. The realistic style of the Director in this movie was enriched by a very beautiful scenes and a nice music. It is worth seeing. I think it is the best movie of Mohamed Ismail. The movie shows how we are all similar and can live together with our differences. As usual in the director/writer's style different stories are told in the same time, this gives like a live screen shot of this period of Morocco's history.