The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%. Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist, the rift in her cultural identity and an array of romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning becomes her path to expression.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Orian BarkiDirector
- Meriem BennaniDirector
- Orian BarkiWriter
- Meriem BennaniWriter
- Ayla MrabetWriter
- Flavien BergerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Meriem BennaniBouchra (voice)
- Orian BarkiYani (voice)
- Fayçal AziziNabila (voice)
- Ariana Faye AllensworthNikki (voice)
- Hassan HamdaniAbdellatif (voice)
- Yto BarradaAïcha (voice)
- Dounia BerradaAïcha (voice)
- Bouchra BenzekriYamna (voice)
- Salima DhaibiLamia (voice)
- Lil PattyBello (voice)
- Youssef BarradaRadio Caller 1 (voice)
- Nisrine OuazzaniRadio Caller 2 (voice)
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Themes
new york citycasablanca, moroccomoroccoanthropomorphismfemale protagonistlgbtcandidreflectivemother daughter relationshipqueeranthropomorphic animal3d animation