Les Casablancais Explained

Director:Abdelkader Lagtaâ
Producer:Ian Boyd, Freddy Denaës
Starring:Abdelazziz Saâdallah, Khadija Assad, Salaheddine Benmoussa
Cinematography:Michel La Veaux
Music:Robert Marcel Lepage
Country:Morocco
France
Canada
Language:Moroccan Arabic, French

Les Casablancais (English: People of Casablanca, Moroccan Arabic: Bidaoua) is a 1999 drama film directed by Abdelkader Lagtaâ.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It was screened at multiple national film festivals and several international ones, including the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival.[7]

Synopsis

A polyphonic portrait of the city of Casablanca through the intersecting itineraries of three characters: a bookseller who receives an unexpected correspondence that forces him to question himself deeply, a young teacher whose application for a passport triggers an absurd investigation, and a teenager who, because of a misunderstanding with his fundamentalist teacher, becomes the victim of a manipulation with tragic consequences.[8] [9] [10]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barlet. Olivier. 1999-05-31. Les Casablancais. 2021-11-15. Africultures. fr-FR.
  2. Web site: Les Casablancais (1999). 2021-11-15. en.unifrance.org. en.
  3. Web site: Africiné - Les Casablancais, de Abdelkader Lagtaâ. 2021-11-15. Africiné. fr.
  4. Web site: Privet. Georges. Les Casablancais : Portrait de groupe. 2021-11-15. Voir.ca. 28 April 1999 . fr-CA.
  5. Book: Carter, Sandra Gayle. What Moroccan Cinema?: A Historical and Critical Study, 1956D2006. 2009-08-16. Lexington Books. 978-0-7391-3187-9. en.
  6. Book: Leaman, Oliver. Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. 2003-12-16. Routledge. 978-1-134-66251-7. en.
  7. Web site: Les casablancais People From Casablanca Die Leute aus Casablanca. 2021-11-15. www.berlinale.de. en.
  8. Videau. André. 1999. Las Casablancais, Film marocain d'Abdelkader Lagtaa. Hommes & Migrations. 1221. 1. 116.
  9. Book: Njoku, Raphael Chijioke. Culture and Customs of Morocco. 2006. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-33289-0. en.
  10. Book: Armes, Roy. African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara. 2006. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-34853-1. en.

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