Les Casablancais | |
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Directed by | Abdelkader Lagtaâ |
Written by | Abdelkader Lagtaâ |
Produced by | Ian Boyd, Freddy Denaës |
Starring | Abdelazziz Saâdallah, Khadija Assad, Salaheddine Benmoussa |
Cinematography | Michel La Veaux |
Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
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Countries | Morocco France Canada |
Languages | Moroccan Arabic, French |
Les Casablancais ( English: People of Casablanca, Moroccan Arabic: Bidaoua) is a 1999 drama film directed by Abdelkader Lagtaâ. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It was screened at multiple national film festivals and several international ones, including the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival. [7]
A polyphonic portrait of the city of Casablanca through the intersecting itineraries of three characters: a bookseller who receives an unexpected correspondence that forces him to question himself deeply, a young teacher whose application for a passport triggers an absurd investigation, and a teenager who, because of a misunderstanding with his fundamentalist teacher, becomes the victim of a manipulation with tragic consequences. [8] [9] [10]
Les Casablancais | |
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Directed by | Abdelkader Lagtaâ |
Written by | Abdelkader Lagtaâ |
Produced by | Ian Boyd, Freddy Denaës |
Starring | Abdelazziz Saâdallah, Khadija Assad, Salaheddine Benmoussa |
Cinematography | Michel La Veaux |
Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Release date |
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Countries | Morocco France Canada |
Languages | Moroccan Arabic, French |
Les Casablancais ( English: People of Casablanca, Moroccan Arabic: Bidaoua) is a 1999 drama film directed by Abdelkader Lagtaâ. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It was screened at multiple national film festivals and several international ones, including the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival. [7]
A polyphonic portrait of the city of Casablanca through the intersecting itineraries of three characters: a bookseller who receives an unexpected correspondence that forces him to question himself deeply, a young teacher whose application for a passport triggers an absurd investigation, and a teenager who, because of a misunderstanding with his fundamentalist teacher, becomes the victim of a manipulation with tragic consequences. [8] [9] [10]