''Razzia'' (from , romanized according to
French orthography
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into "''Razzia''") is a 2017 Moroccan
drama film
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directed by
Nabil Ayouch
Nabil Ayouch (born 1 April 1969) is a Franco-Moroccan television and film director, producer, and writer. His films have screened at international film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival and Montreal World Film Festival.
Early life
H ...
. It was selected as the Moroccan entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
90th Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
''Razzia'' is mostly set in
Casablanca and characters frequently discuss the 1942 film ''
Casablanca''.
Plot
In
Casablanca and the
Atlas Mountains, five different stories interconnect over a 30-year period.
Cast
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Maryam Touzani
Maryam Touzani (born 17 September 1980) is a Moroccan filmmaker and actress. She is best known as the director of the critically acclaimed film ''Adam (2019)'', Morocco's entry for the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film, an ...
as Salima
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Arieh Worthalter
Arieh Worthalter (born 25 March 1985) is a Belgian stage and film actor. He studied at the Institut Supérieur des Arts (INSAS) in Brussels and began working in theatre. His film credits include '' Les Anarchistes'' (2015), '' Marie Curie: The C ...
as Joe
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Amine Ennaji as Abdallah
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Abdelilah Rachid as Hakim
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Dounia Binebine as Inès
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Abdellah Didane as Ilyas
See also
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References
External links
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2017 films
2017 drama films
Moroccan drama films
2010s Arabic-language films
Berber-language films
2010s French-language films
Films directed by Nabil Ayouch
2017 multilingual films
Moroccan multilingual films
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