Réda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his bachelor's degree and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. As both embark on a road trip thousands of kilometres away from southern France in a broken-down car, the once-icy father-and-son relationship starts to thaw as both gradually come to know each other.

MOROCCO
2001, 35mm, colour, 92'
Version: French, Arabic - Sub: Eng

Director: Abdelhaï Laraki
With : RAMOS, Carmela (Mona) / BENCHAGRA, Khalid (Yacine) / KHAMLILCHI, Asmaâ (Leyla) / CLAIR, Cyrielle (Francine) / ADRAOUI, Chaïbia (Mama khadija) / CHABLIL, Amal (Beurette) / EL FAD, Hassan (Technocrate) / AHRAR, Latefa (Lala amal) / BIKR, Nour-Eddine (Réceptionniste) / TSOULI, Mohamed (Abbas) / KOAIBI, Houda (Nawel) / BOUAYAD, Azedine (Ancien détenu) / ATTIFI, Mohamed (Chauffeur taxi blanc) / HAMAOUI, Malika (La maquerelle) / MAYODI (Abdel) / HILAL, Boubker (Policier de l'aéroport) / ERAMDI, Fatiha (Saadia) / OSFOUR, Mahmoud (Garçon panier) / SAID, Omar (Groupe de musique) / ZAIM, Sanaa (Zakia Omari) / ATTIFI, Zakaria (Portier) / BENKIRANE, Omar (Jawad) / ROUKH, Driss (Dragueur) / SAYH, Jawad (Dragueur) / BAHLOUL, Hicham (Fonctionnaire) / KACHTI, Nour-Eddine (Fonctionnaire) / BIHI, Rachid (Saïd Télécom) / ZHAR, Youssef (Gardien du ministère) / JAMAL, Khadija (El Hajja) / HNINI, Mustapha (Barbu) / BENAMI, Hind (Danseuse) / TADLAOUI, Yasmina (Danseuse) / OUDJAL, Hajar (Danseuse) / HARANDI, Fatima (Gardienne du saint) / NAIMANE, Mohamed (Clown) / GOURINY, Karima (Blonde taxi) / RGAGNA, Abdelkebir (Chauffeur petit taxi) / MORCHID, Hamid (Troupe Nowa)
Cinematography: Kamal Derkaoui
Editing: Ludo Troch
Music: Mathias Duplessy
Sound: Francis Baldos
Cast: Carmela Ramos, Khalid Benchagra, Asmaâ Khamlichi, Cyrielle Clair, Chaïbia Adraoui, Amal Chabli

Production:
Casablanca Films Productions
(Casablanca, T +212 022981991; F +212 022981958; casafilms@casanet.net.ma)

Co-Production:
Radio Télévision Marocaine
Zak Production

Distribution:
Casablanca Films Productions

Prizes and selections:
MedFilm Festival Rome 2009 (Showcase Morocco), Marrakech International Film Festival 2001 (Best Actress: Chaibiya Adraoui)

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Profonda esplorazione del Marocco di oggi, illustrata sul filo dei ricordi personali. Mona è una giovane francese. La sua vita viene scossa quando apprende che suo padre era marocchino. Con un nome (Mahmoud Saber), una foto in bianco e nero e una lettera d'amore indirizzata alla madre, Mona parte per il Marocco alla ricerca delle proprie radici. Il suo viaggio tra Casablanca e Essaouira le farà scoprire le differenti realtà di una paese che credeva lontano.

Regia: Ismaël Ferroukhi
MOROCCO, FRANCE
2004, 35mm, colour, 102'
Version: Bulgaro, Francese, Arabo, Inglese, Italiano, Turco
Sub: Ita