‘Zero’ by Nour EddineLakhmari

 ‘Zero’ is a distinguished film which is written and directed by NourEddineLakhmari. The film tackles serious issues daringly- prostitution, alcohol, and corruption. It has also received more than 30 several awards inside or outside the country. ‘Zero’ tells the story of a cop, Amine Bartal, who is nicknamed Zero (YounesBouab), and the conflicts that he encounters within his context. AmineBartal is corrupted cop that uses a young prostitute (Mimi) to swindle her clients their money. Bartal’s superior is another corrupt man who protects a big luxury prostitution network that exploits young girls. Zero is harassed and belittled by...

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‘Casanegra’ by Nour Eddine Lakhmari

There are several movies that have been shot in Casablanca, and each movie tackles a certain facet of life in the metropolitan city. Regardless of that, today’s movie concerns itself only with the dark side in the city where far away from the city lights resides the wretched of the earth. Thus, Casablanca is only white for those who enjoy a decent life, but it is ‘casanegra’ for Karim (Anas Elbaz) and Adil ( Omar Lotfi). Karim and Adil are close friends in their twenties, jobless, and welling to change their situation with a magical stick. Karim is trying to keep bone and flesh of his family including his retired ill father. Though,...

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‘Whatever Lola Wants’ by Nabil Ayouch

'Whatever Lola Wants' is a trans-cultural movie which is shot in America, Morocco, and Egypt. The movie follows a dream of a girl across continents to learn belly dancing. The name of the film has its roots in the entertainment dancing world. It is a popular song inspired by the ‘Spanish dancer’ LolaMontez’s saying. Lola (Laura Ramsey) is an American dancer who gets inspired by oriental dancing through her Egyptian gay friend and coworker Yussef (Achmed Akkabi). Lola works a part time job in a post delivery and in a restaurant as a entertainer and waitress. She meets Zak (Assaad Bouab) whom she delivers litters every day and who...

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‘they are the dogs’ by HichamLasri

Here we continue our journey with another film ‘The are The dogs’ written and produced by the Moroccan director and scriptwriter HichmaLasri. The film is shot by a follow camera, and the motion and shakiness of the camera lend the film a taste of documentary. The film is about a TV crew who are looking for an interesting story in the light of the turmoil that the country witnesses in the eve of the Arab Spring. Among protestors, they find an amnesiac man who has just been released from 30 years prison after he was arrested in the uprising events on 1981, and now he is looking for his family.The playful crew manage to help the man...

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‘Much loved’ by Nabil Ayouch

'Much Loved' by Nabil Ayouch This is the third film that I have worked on by Nabil Ayouch after ‘Ali Zaoua’ and ‘Horses of God’. Ayouch has a special approach in dealing with social issues in each of his movies. He mainly thinks out of the box when it comes to dealing with the story as if you are watching real events through the frames of a TV box. In today’s film, the story arouses too much criticism and contempt within the general audience who consider the work to be merely a pornographic film.  Apart from that, Nabil Ayouch has another point of view and he succeeds to convey it to the audience and the chaos that his...

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‘Classroom 8’ by Jamal Belmejdoub

‘Classroom 8’ is one of the films I like a lot when I watch back in 2005. The film is about naughty boys in school and whom of us that does not experience this phase, but the story here is different a little bit. The film revolves around two naughty and aggressive students Mjid (Rafik Boubker) and Miloud (Aziz Hattab) and their newly appointed young teacher Laila (Fatima khair).  Mjid and Miloud are example of all students who go to the class not for study but just to have fun at the expense of their teachers and class-mates. Once Laila starts the classes Mjid and Milod keeps bothering and interrupting her and making fun of...

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