Amok (1983 film) explained

Amok
Director:Souheil Ben-Barka
Starring:Robert Liensol
Cinematography:Girolamo La Rosa
Runtime:103 minutes
Country:Morocco
Guinea
Senegal
Language:French

Amok is a 1983 Moroccan drama film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka. It won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] Borrowing heavily of Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country but putting the action in the context of the Soweto uprising, it tells the initiating journey of an old teacher from a backward Natal village to the conflict-ridden modern Johannesburg.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983) . 30 January 2013 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131107141111/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1983 . 7 November 2013.