''About Some Meaningless Events'' is a 1974
docu-fiction film directed by
Mostafa Derkaoui. Moroccan authorities banned the film after its first and only screening in
Paris
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Widely believed to have been lost, negative prints were uncovered in the archives of the Filmoteca De Catalunya in Barcelona in 2016 by researcher Lea Morin. The prints were restored and the film was then streamed online and presented at a number of events and film festivals, including the
Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
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, MoMa's Doc Fortnight 2021 festival and the
69th Berlin International Film Festival
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Cast
* Abdellatif Nour
* Abbas Fassi- Fihri
* Hamid Zoughi
* Mostafa Dziri,
* Aïcha Saâdoun
* Mohamed Derham
* Salaheddine Benmoussa
* Abdelkader Moutaâ
* Khalid Jamaï
* Chafik Shimi
* Malika El Mesrar
* Omar Chenbout
* Mostafa Nissabouri
Synopsis
A group of filmmakers in search of a theme to deal with interview young bypassers in Casablanca about their expectations and their relationship to Moroccan cinema. When they witness a crime committed by an exploited dockworker, who involuntarily kills his mobster boss, they decide to investigate the crime's motives, which ultimately leads them to some deep reflection on their role of cinema in Moroccan society.
References
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Moroccan drama films
Moroccan documentary films