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Française

Not Rated
Drama
6.2/10(7 ratings)

A determined young woman goes up against the Moroccan traditions where the only way for a girl is marriage and children.

05-28-2008
1h 24m
Française

Main Cast

Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi (born January 25, 1987) is a French actress of Algerian and Tunisian descent. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best emerging actor or actress at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.

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Maher Kamoun

Maher Kamoun

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Amal Ayouch

Amal Ayouch

Born in Casablanca in 1966, Amal Ayouch showed interest in acting from an early age, performing on stage at high school. When she was 18, she arrived in Montpellier where she studied to become a pharmacist. While at university, in 1987 she joined a theatre group attached to the French literature department.[5] She began her film career thanks to another pharmacist, Hassan Benjelloun, who gave her an important part in Les Amis d'hier (1998). Soon afterwards, Hakim Noury invited her to star in Destin de Femme together with Rachid El Ouali. Playing a woman who refused to submit to a difficult husband, she contributed to the film's success.[5] In 1999, she agreed to play a woman of loose morals in Ali Zaoua directed by her cousin Nabil Ayouch. Similar roles followed in Farida Belyazid's Casablanca, Casablanca (2002) and Chassan Benjelloun's Les lèvres du silence (2001) and Farida Belyazid's Casablanca, Casablanca (2002). She went on to star in Driss Chouika's Le jeu de l'amour (2006), allowing her to master a difficult role in intimate scenes with Younes Megri.[5] She has also played in other successful films including Les Anges de Satan (2007).[3] She appeared in two films directed by Nabil Lahlou, Les années de l'exil (2001) and Tabite or not Tabite (2004). It was also Lahlou who encouraged her to act on the stage, inviting her to appear in his theatrical productions, including Ophélie n’est pas Morte, Les Tortues, Antigone, and En Attendant Godot.[5]

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Fatima Hernadi

Fatima Hernadi

Fatima Hernadi is a Moroccan actress known for the name Raouia, born in Azemmour(1951). She moved to Casablanca to finish her studies at the Chawki high school, where she joined the Mansour Theatre Company, with which she won the award for best actress for the play ‘Failers’ at the national festival of theatre called ‘perdant’. Until 1978, she entered the cinema world, with the director Mohamed El Abazi, in his film ‘Atlas Treasures’. She acted in a 2004 film entitled ‘Yeux Secs’ with Narjiss Nejjar, a role that introduced her to Moroccan cinema. She won the best ‘Starlet’ at the Territorial Festival of Spectacle for her role in ‘Saga, The Story of Men Who Never Come Back’. She was chosen as a member of the jury of the 16th edition of the International Film Festival of Marrakech.

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Movie Details

Production Info

Production:
Jem Productions, Irène Production, France 2 Cinéma, 2M

Key Crew

Producer:
Jean-David Lefebvre
Casting:
Aurélie Guichard

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
FR; MA
Languages:
en