In Search of My Wife's Husband explained
Director: | Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi |
Starring: | Mohamed Afifi, Abderrahim Bargach, Ahmed Taïeb El Alj, Mouna Fettou |
Cinematography: | Federica Ribes |
Editing: | Kahéna Attia |
Music: | Abdelwahab Doukkali, Chritian Baldos |
Studio: | ATA, Canal+ Horizons, Cinétéléfilms, Radio Télévision Marocaine (RTM), Touza Productions |
Runtime: | 88 minutes |
Country: | Morocco |
Language: | Moroccan Arabic |
In Search of My Wife's Husband (French: À la recherche du mari de ma femme) is a 1993 Moroccan comedy film directed by Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi[1] [2] and written by Farida Belyazid.[3] [4] [5] [6] It was screened at multiple national[7] [8] [9] and international film festivals.,[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] where it won a number of prizes. It is one of Morocco's most popular domestic films, reaching approximately a million spectators.[15] Lalla Hobby is the film's sequel.[16]
Synopsis
An unrepentant womanizer, polygamist Hadj Benmoussa lives in the old medina of Fez with his three wives, who maintain fairly good relations between themselves within their household. When he suspects his favorite wife Houda of flirting with a younger man, he divorces her for the third time in a sudden fit of jealousy, but soon comes to regret it. But Islamic law is intractable on the matter: Hadj Benmoussa will be able to marry Houda again only if another man makes her his wife and divorces her in his turn...
Cast
- Bachir Skiredj (Hadj Ben Moussa)
- Mouna Fettou (Houda)
- Naïma Lamcharki (Lalla Rabea)
- Amina Rachid (Lalla Hobby)
- Fatima Moustaid (Tamo)
- Lalla Mamma (Houda's mother)
- Mohamed Afifi (Houda's father)
- Ahmed Taïeb El Alj (jeweler)
- Abderrahim Bargach (tailor)
- Mahdi Kotbi (the second husband)
- Fatima Mernissi
Notes and References
- Book: Ginsberg. Terri. Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Lippard. Chris. 2020. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-5381-3905-9. en.
- Book: Leaman, Oliver. Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. 2003-12-16. Routledge. 978-1-134-66252-4. en.
- Book: Orlando. Valerie. Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Orlando. Valérie K.. 2011-05-24. Ohio University Press. 978-0-89680-281-0. en.
- Web site: À la recherche du mari de ma femme - Maghreb des films. 2021-11-15. www.maghrebdesfilms.fr.
- Web site: Films Africultures : À la recherche du mari de ma femme (Al-bahth an zaouj imaraatî). 2021-11-15. Africultures. fr-FR.
- Web site: A la recherche du mari de ma femme. 2021-11-15. cinéma l'Univers. fr.
- Web site: À la recherche du mari de ma femme (البحث عن زوج امرأتي). 2021-11-15. Festival International du Film de Marrakech. fr-FR.
- Web site: versionAng2. 2021-11-15. www.ccm.ma.
- Web site: 2009-12-11. Un film pour aveugle en arabe : une première en Afrique. 2021-11-15. RFI. fr.
- Web site: À la recherche du mari de ma femme. 2021-11-15. www.coefilm.org.
- Web site: MATIN. LE. Le Matin - En ouverture, "A la recherche du mari de ma femme". 2021-11-15. Le Matin. fr.
- Web site: 2012-05-03. A la recherche du mari de ma femme. 2021-11-15. Association Cinémas et Cultures d'Afrique. fr-FR.
- Web site: Festival du film marocain à New York : "Les coeurs brûlés" de Maânouni en ouverture. 2021-11-15. Aujourd'hui le Maroc. fr-FR.
- Web site: 2014-07-28. Festival Cultural Musagadir. Ciclo de cine "Miradas marroquíes". À la recherche du mari de ma femme. (88'. Marruecos). 2021-11-15. Museos de Tenerife. es.
- Book: Gugler, Josef. Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. 2011-01-15. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-72327-6. en.
- Web site: 1996-06-06. La suite de "A la recherche du mari de ma femme" : Lalla Hobby change de mari. 2021-11-15. L'Economiste. fr.