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Un Amour à Casablanca
''Un amour à Casablanca'' ( English: ''A Love in Casablanca'') is a 1991 Moroccan drama film 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 dire ... in his directorial debut. The relatively controversial film was a box office success. Synopsis Feeling a strong sense of abandonment after her mother commits suicide and her sister runs away, eighteen-year-old Saloua is constantly fighting with her father and stepmother, because of the severity of one and the mockery of the other. She finds solace - and perhaps even love - in two men, one older and unstable, the other younger and exuberant. Cast * Mouna Fettou * Ahmed Naji * Mohamed Zouhir * Rachid El Ouali * Hassan Essakalli References {{DEFAULTSORT:Un amour a Casablanca 1999 films Moroccan dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocco border, the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to Morocco–Western Sahara border, the south. Morocco also claims the Spain, Spanish Enclave and exclave, exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Plazas de soberanía, Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It has a population of approximately 37 million. Islam is both the official and predominant religion, while Arabic and Berber are the official languages. Additionally, French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are widely spoken. The culture of Morocco is a mix of Arab culture, Arab, Berbers, Berber, Culture of Africa, African and Culture of Europe, European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moroccan Arabic
Moroccan Arabic ( ), also known as Darija ( or ), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghrebi Arabic dialect continuum and as such is mutually intelligible to some extent with Algerian Arabic and to a lesser extent with Tunisian Arabic. It is spoken by 90.9% of the population of Morocco. While Modern Standard Arabic is used to varying degrees in formal situations such as religious sermons, books, newspapers, government communications, news broadcasts and political talk shows, Moroccan Arabic is the predominant spoken language of the country and has a strong presence in Moroccan television entertainment, cinema and commercial advertising. Moroccan Arabic has many regional dialects and accents as well, with its mainstream dialect being the one used in Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes and Fez, and therefore it dominates the media and eclipses most of the other regional accents. SIL International classifies Moroccan Arabic, Has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 directed his first short documentary film, "Rabi et la peinture abstraite" in 1984, followed by "Chaïbia" in 1984, and "Kacimi ou le dévoilement" in 1985. He directed his first feature film, "Un amour à Casablanca" in 1991, for which he was also the scriptwriter, editor and producer. When the film was released in Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ... the following year it was a great success and was selected to compete in many festivals. In 1995 he directed "Happy end", a short film which was part of the feature film "Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouna Fettou
Mouna Fettou (; born November 28, 1970) is a Moroccan actress who starred in a number of movies, plays, and TV shows. Some of her most famous roles were in the films (1995), '' Women... and Women'' (1997), Bnat Rahma ( 2008) and the serie Bnat el Asass ( 2021 ) She hosts the TV show '' Jari Ya Jari'' on Medi1 TV. She was honored with special recognition at the 2019 Marrakech International Film Festival for her 30 years of acting. Mouna Fettou made her theater debut by joining the professional theater workshop of the Mohammed-V National Theater from 1988 to 1990 . Mouna Fettou married on March 6, 1998 in Rabat to the director Saâd Chraïbi, with whom she had a son. They then divorced in July 2005. Acting credits Cinema Television Theatre * ''Nous sommes faits pour nous entendre'' by Tayeb Saddiki * ''The elephant'' by Faouzi BenSaïdi * ''Bartlett'' by Faouzi BenSaïdi Faouzi Bensaïdi (; born 14 March 1967) is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Films
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final film '' Eyes Wide Shut'', Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film '' All About My Mother'', the science-fiction film '' The Matrix'', the animated works '' The Iron Giant'', ''Toy Story 2'', '' Tarzan'', and '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', the Best Picture-winner '' American Beauty'', and the well-received '' The Green Mile''. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's '' The Sixth Sense'', David Fincher's '' Fight Club'', Sofia Coppola's '' The Virgin Suicides'', Paul Thomas Anderson's '' Magnolia'' and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's '' Being John Malkovich''. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows: Awards 1999 films By country/re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
