Tabite or Not Tabite explained

Director:Nabyl Lahlou
Starring:Nabyl Lahlou, Sophia Hadi, Amal Ayouch
Cinematography:Mostapha Marjane
Editing:Nabyl Lahlou
Studio:Loukkos Film
Runtime:132 min
Country:Morocco
Language:Moroccan Arabic
Budget:170.000 MAD

Tabite or Not Tabite is a 2005 Moroccan drama film directed by Nabyl Lahlou.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The film was inspired by the trial of Mohamed Tabet.[7] [8] Tabet's family filed a complaint to prohibit the preview of the film. Summoned to court in Rabat, the director successfully pleaded his case himself, arguing that it was his duty to make films about this period. The preview was ultimately held at the Mohamed V Theater in Rabat.[9]

Synopsis

Ali Brahma visits his homeland for the first time in order to attend his father's funeral. This first trip to Morocco coincides with the trial of police commissioner and serial rapist Mohamed Mustapha Tabit. On the flight back to Paris, Ali meets Zakia Malik. Together, they look into the Tabet trial to write a play and a film script.

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Awards and accolades

Notes and References

  1. Web site:

    CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::

    . 2021-11-17. www.ccm.ma.
  2. Web site: Africiné - Tabite or not Tabite. 2021-11-17. Africiné. fr.
  3. Web site: MATIN. LE. Le Matin - "Tabite or not Tabite". 2021-11-17. Le Matin. fr.
  4. Book: Orlando, Valérie K.. Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society. 2011-05-05. Ohio University Press. 978-0-89680-478-4. en.
  5. Book: Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. 2008. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-35116-6. en.
  6. Book: Brière, Jean-François. Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage. 2008-01-01. KARTHALA Editions. 978-2-8111-4250-6. fr.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Telquel 2006, 252 : 70
  10. Web site: jurynat7. 2021-11-17. www.ccm.ma.

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