''Wake Up Morocco'' is a 2006 Moroccan film directed by
Narjiss Nejjar
Narjiss Nejjar (born 1971) is a Moroccan filmmaker and screenwriter. Her film ''Les Yeux Secs'' (''Cry No More'') was screened at Cannes in 2003.
Early life and career
Nejjar was a student at ESRA in Paris, where she studied filmmaking.
In 199 ...
. It was screened at the National Film Festival in Tangier and the
Marrakesh International Film Festival.
Synopsis
On an islet off the coast 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 ...
, an old footballer spends his days with his granddaughter Alia, dreaming of the final he could have won if he had not spent the night with a woman. Now old and living on the same islet, the woman dreams of him as well.
Cast
* Hassan Skalli (old footballer)
* Fatim-Zahra Ibrahimi (Alia)
*
Raouia (the fortuneteller)
* Qassem Benhayoun (Jad)
* Fatima Harrandi
*
Mourad Zaoui (adult Jad)
* Mohamed Belfquih
* Siham Assif
* Hassan Guessous
* Leila Slimani
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0922658
2006 films
Moroccan drama films
2000s Arabic-language films
2006 drama films