Synopsis
The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Mohamed Rachid BenhadjDirector
- Goffredo GibelliniOriginal Music Composer
- Mohamed Rachid BenhadjWriter
Cast
- Saïd TaghmaouiYoung Mohamed Choukri
- Fayçal ZeghadiMohamed Choukri (13 years old)
- Billal LahsiniMohamed Choukri (6 years old)
- Karim BenhadjTaferseti
- Sanaa AlaouiMimouna (Mohamed's mother)
- David HalevimHaddou (Mohamed's father)
- Marzia TedeschiSallafa (bald woman)
- Ahmed El KouraichiKabil (smuggler)
- Jamil HammoudiAli
- Francesca CodispotiHarrouda (prostitute)
- Giovanna RiaBushra (deaf-mute)
- Josè Dell'AbbiatoThe Spaniard
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Themes
arabianmoroccofor bread aloneel khoubz el hafi