''Les Casablancais (''
English
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'': People of Casablanca,''
Moroccan Arabic
Moroccan Arabic ( ar, العربية المغربية الدارجة, translit=al-ʻArabīya al-Maghribīya ad-Dārija ), also known as Darija (), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghrebi ...
: ''Bidaoua)'' is a 1999
drama film
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directed by
Abdelkader Lagtaâ
Abdelkader Lagtaâ (born in 1948) is a Moroccan film director, known for his work in Morocco and French documentaries.
Biography
Born in 1948 in Casablanca, Abdelkader Lagtaâ graduated from The National Film School in Lodz in Poland. He direc ...
. It was screened at multiple national film festivals and several international ones, including the
1999 Berlin International Film Festival.
Synopsis
A polyphonic portrait of the city of
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
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.
Cast
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Abdelaziz Saâdallah
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Khadija Assad
*
Karina Aktouf
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*
Salaheddine Benmoussa
* Nourredine Bikr
* Omar Sayed
* Saïda Baadi
*
Mohamed Benbrahim
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* Amine Kably
References
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1999 films
Moroccan drama films
French drama films
Canadian drama films
1990s Canadian films
1990s French films
Films scored by Robert Marcel Lepage