One of the characteristics that distinguishes Ayouch’s movies is
realism. In all his movies, Nabil does not seek to fanaticize reality, rather
his topics stems from the suffering and problems that Moroccan society undergo.
In this film ‘Ali Zaoua’, Ayouch dives deep in street children’s life
and dreams. This film is more a documentary than a film in which it projects
the life of street children who represent themselves in the movie. Kwita
(Mounim Kbab), Omar (Mustapha Hansali), Boubker (Hicham Moussoune), and Ali
(Abdlhak Zhayra) are street children that Ayouch gives them a chance to depict
their miserable life and represent all street children in Morocco.
The film’s story is about the four boys who decided to leave the
gangster they were living with and start their own life, but the chief’s gang
does not allow that. Then after a quarrel, Ali is hit by a stone and dies. His
friends, Kwita, Omar, and Boubker, decide to give him a decent funeral like a
real prince. Before Ali dies, he tells Kwita that he is going to sail to his
island where there are two suns. Kwita becomes also obsessed with the idea and
tries to materialize his dead friend’s dream. After that, with the help of a
sailor, Hamid, whom Ali was working with, they build a small boat for Ali that
will take his body to the island he dreams of. At the end, they bring Ali’s
mother to the funeral and sail in Hamid’s boat singing a wonderful song that
speaks their need for passion and empathy.
‘Ali Zaoua’ released in 2000, and it won several awards. It was even
nominated for Best Foreign film Oscar.
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