44 or Tales of the Night explained

Director:	Moumen Smihi
Cinematography:	Abdelkarim Derkaoui, Pierre Lhomme
Editing:	Moumen Smihi
Music:	Guido Baggiani, Ben Yarmolinsky
Runtime:	115 minutes
Country:	Morocco, France

44 or Tales of the Night (French: 44 ou les récits de la nuit, Arabic: 44 aw Oustourat al layl) is a French-Moroccan film directed by Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi in 1981^[1] and released in 1985.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Synopsis

The film chronicles the tale of two Moroccan families, one from Fez, the other from Chaouen, from 1912 to 1956, the duration of the European protectorate over Morocco.^[6]

Cast

• Pierre Clémenti
• Abdelslam Faraoui
• Marie-France Pisier
• Christine Pascal
• Khady Thiam
• Mohamed El Habachi
• Naima Lamcharki

Notes and References

1. Book: Carter, Sandra Gayle. What Moroccan Cinema?: A Historical and Critical Study, 1956D2006. 2009-08-16. Lexington Books. 978-0-7391-3187-9. en.
2. Web site: 44 OU LES RÉCITS DE LA NUIT (1985). https://web.archive.org/web/20211115204449/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75dd9ad2. dead. November 15, 2021. 2021-11-15. BFI. en.
3. Web site: Africiné - 44 ou Les Récits de la Nuit (44 aw Oustourat al layl). 2021-11-15. Africiné. fr.
4. Web site: 44 ou les récits de la nuit - Maghreb des films. 2021-11-15. www.maghrebdesfilms.fr.
5. Web site:

   CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::

   . 2021-11-15. www.ccm.ma.
6. Web site: Moumen Smihi: Poet of Tangier Tate. 2021-11-15. www.tate.org.uk.