A commemoration of excruciating events
The film ‘Horses of God’ is a true story
based on Mahi binebine’s novel ‘les étoile de Sidi Moumen’. The story is
about the bombing of Casablanca in 2003 by 12 suicide bombers. Nabil tracks the
life of three of suicide bombers for more than ten years. Through the movies, the focus is
more on the three characters and the environment they live in rather than the ideology
or fanaticism.
Yachine (Abdelhakim
rachid) and his aggressive older brother Hamid (Abdelilah Rachid) struggle from
their early age to help their mother and the family to survive. Then Hamid is
caught in prison after he throws a stone on cops. Yachine suffers while working
alone in the market, and he loves the neighborhood’s beautiful girl whom he
never has the chance to meet alone.
After two years
Hamid is released a devout believer. Afterwards, Yachine and his friend Nabil
are affected by Hamid’s religiosity and they join his group of believers who
prepare them with others for the mission of elevating Islam against disbelievers.
Afterwards, these young guys turn into walking bombs in streets of Casablanca.
Although Hamid tries to dissuade his brother, the latter is determined about
the mission. Having said that, the bombing kills 45 people and wounds more than
100 others.
Ayouch succeeds in his film to capture the
process through which many factors intertwined to produce fanaticism such as
poverty and illiteracy.
The film is
released in 2014.
