Moroccan Movies to Watch
This is a list of most critically acclaimed Moroccan movies from the early seventies till recent years. Unfortunately other movies are not yet available on IMDB, such as the outstanding "Titre Provisoire" 1984, by Mostapha Derkaoui. Some of the movies listed here, you can watch on Cinemaghrebia channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cinemaghrebia
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- DirectorAhmed El MaanouniStarsBen BrahimAbdelwahad dreams of a life of wealth and wants breaks with tradition. His mother Hlima, a woman with extraordinary energy, is afraid that he will leave the village. After the death of his father he is the head of the family. Neither the family council nor the countless obstacles that stand in his way can prevent the young farmer from pursuing his plans for the future. Alyam, Alyam is a film about shattered dreams and the circumstances leading up to that point; about the shaking of the traditional social structure; about the strength born of desperation and the unrelenting dissipation of lost generations.
- DirectorSouheil Ben-BarkaStarsAbdou ChaibaneMimsy FarmerSi AhmedIn Morocco, an old dyer and his young son Miloud work transporting wool packs. So begins this story in the hands of thousands of old men, women and children involved in meticulous weaving carpets.
- DirectorMohamed Abderrahman TaziStarsMohammed AfifiMouna FettouNaima LamcharkiLhadj Benmoussa, a rich jeweler, is married to several wives and appear to be a good manager of the three concubines, except when Houda, his third wife, who is young and gracious, is repudiated for the third time.
- DirectorAhmed BoulaneStarsHiam AbbassSamia AkarriouMélanie Baxter-JonesIn the 70's, Ali, Rabiaa, Driss, Abdellah anh Hamid a group of friends grow up in a heavy world of drugs, pop, politics ans sex. Rabiaa is a local girl whom they all share whenever the urge comes. Ali, accidentally kills a policeman and sent to prison. When he is released 20 years later, the group is just a memory. Ali relives the past and faces up the today's different reality with its disillusions ans responsibilities.
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsMounïm KbabMustapha HansaliHicham MoussouneA group of children living on the street leave their gang, prompting retribution from the gang's leader. After one of the children dies, the rest try to come up with the resources to give their friend a proper burial.
- DirectorDaoud Aoulad-SyadStarsHassan EssakaliMohamed BastaouiAbdellah DidaneThe film tells the story of three people related to each other by their common itineraries: that of Rabii with his dreams; Kacem who is sick and trying to forget his dark past and Laarbi, an ex-boxer, an ex-convict and a mythomaniac who ends up in loneliness.
- DirectorHamid BenaniStarsMohamed AlkaghatTawfik DaddaKhadija MoujahidThe story of Massaoud, a rebellious young man, oppressed by both his family and the sclerotic society.
- DirectorMohamed ReggabStarsOmar ChenbodMohamed El HabachiKhadija KhamouliAmong people living in a popular neighborhood in Casablanca, there is a hairdresser who accepts his fate, but his best friend never stops teaching him that struggles and resistance are the only qualities of a worthy man, only to take over his shop and his wife.
- DirectorAhmed BouananiStarsMohamed El HabachiMohamed Saïd HafifiMustapha MounirA man discovers money in a flour bag. It is the beginning of a story between pats and future, between silence and cry, and that ends like a disillusion.
- DirectorFarida BenlyazidStarsAbderrahim BaygaAhmed BouananiChaaibia El AdraouiIn this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father.
- DirectorFaouzi BensaïdiStarsFouad LabiedNezha RahileMohamed MajdIt is the holy month of Ramadan in Morocco in 1981. Amina, accompanied with her seven years old son Mehdi, come to live with her father-in-law Ahmed in a small village in Morocco, after her husband was arrested for political reasons. The arrest of the father must stay a secret for Mehdi who was told that his father traveled to France for work.
- DirectorLaïla MarrakchiStarsMorjana AlaouiMatthieu BoujenahRazika SimozragA Muslim girl and a Jewish boy fall in love.
- DirectorAhmed El MaanouniStarsLarbi BatmaNass-El GhiwaneAbderrahman PacoThe very popular Moroccan group Nass-El Ghiwane are filmed, in performances, meetings, interviews, and collaborations with other musicians.