''Marock'' is the 2005
Moroccan film by director
Laïla Marrakchi
Laila Marrakchi (born 1975 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan film maker most famous for the controversial film '' Marock''. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
She is married to film director Alexand ...
. The film was 2006's most successful film in Morocco, taking more than 3 million
dirhams at the Moroccan
box-office
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, according to
TelQuel. It was very controversial as it deals with a Muslim-Jewish romantic relationship between two young people in
Casablanca, Morocco, Rita and Youri.
The film was shown in Moroccan cinemas without being edited or censored. The title Marock is a play on words based on the French name for Morocco, ''Maroc'', and ''rock'' as in ''rock 'n' roll''. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film '' L'Enfant'' by Dardenne brothers. ...
.
Cast
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Morjana Alaoui – Rita Belghiti
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Matthieu Boujenah
Matthieu Boujenah (born 23 June 1976 in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris) is a French comedian and actor. He is the nephew of Michel Boujenah and Paul Boujenah
Paul Boujenah, is a French-Tunisian film director.
He is the brother of Michel ...
– Youri Benchekri
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Razika Simozrag – Asmaa
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Fatym Layachi – Sofia
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Assaad Bouab
Assaad Bouab ( ar, أسعد بواب, born July 31, 1980) is a French-Moroccan actor whose first co-starring role was in ''Whatever Lola Wants'', directed by Nabil Ayouch and co-starring Laura Ramsey as Lola. The film premiered on 11 December 20 ...
– Mao
*
Rachid Benhaissan – Driss
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Khalid Maadour – Omar
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Michael Souda
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* Michael (given name), a given name
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Given name "Michael"
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– Mehdi
Critical reception
The film received 3 stars out of 4 from the critic Alain Spira in ''
Paris Match
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History and profile
A sports news magazine, ''Match l'intran'' (a play on '' L'Intransigeant ...
'': "Marrakchi depicts, in an original way, the young jet set of her country.
..Hypocritical religion, arranged marriages, the Judeo-Arab rivalry, nothing is spared. But ''Marock'' is also a great cry of love for her country with its generous spirit and matchless style for living."
[Paris Match, No. 2961, 16–22 February 2006]
References
Notes
External links
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Official website
(site offline, 5 December 2008)
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2005 films
French drama films
2000s Arabic-language films
Films about Moroccan Jews
Films directed by Laïla Marrakchi
2005 drama films
Moroccan drama films
2000s French films
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