Laila Marrakchi (born 1975 in
Casablanca
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
) is a Moroccan film maker most famous for the controversial film ''
Marock''. The film was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(; '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 with unusua ...
section at the
2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 58th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica served as jury president for the main competition. Cécile de France hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Belgian filmmakers D ...
.
She is married to film director
Alexandre Aja. She grew up in the upper class Casablanca milieu that is portrayed in ''Marock''.
Filmography
Director
* ''Horizon perdu, L (2000)
* ''Deux cents dirhams'' (2002)
* ''Momo mambo'' (2003)
* ''
Marock'' (2005)
* ''
Rock the Casbah'' (2013)
* ''
The Eddy'' (2020) TV
See also
*
Sanaa Hamri
References
External links
*
Alumni of Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca)
Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 alumni
Moroccan film directors
Moroccan women film directors
Mass media people from Casablanca
1975 births
Living people
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