Alyam Alyam O les jours | |
Director: | Ahmed El Maanouni |
Screenplay: | Ahmed El Maanouni |
Producer: | Ahmed El Maanouni Rabii Films Productions |
Starring: | Abdelwahad y familia Tobi Afandi Redouane Ben Brahim |
Cinematography: | Ahmed El Maanouni |
Editing: | Martine Chicot |
Music: | Nass El Ghiwane |
Studio: | Mars / Lux Films |
Distributor: | Africa Film Library |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | Morocco |
Language: | Arabic with English and French subtitles |
Alyam Alyam O les jours, a.k.a. Oh the Days!, is a 1978 Moroccan drama film.
Following his father's death, Abdelwahad, a young man, has to take his place as head of the family. His presence is crucial to the family unit, especially as he has to provide for his seven brothers. Hlima, his mother and a woman of exemplary strength and nature, also fully plays her role. When Abdelwahad tells her that he wishes to leave to work in France, she tries to talk him out of it. He no longer can bear the life of young people in the countryside. He refuses to be a poor man without a future and applies for a work permit in France.