Cinema
In Search of My Wife's Husband
البحث عن زوج امرأتي
Mohamed Abderrahmane Tazi · 1993
Synopsis
In Fez, Hadj Ahmed Ben Moussa, a wealthy jeweller, seems to keep harmony among his three wives. The third, the mischievous Houda, has already been repudiated twice; after a new incident, he repudiates her a third time and drives her from the house. He at once regrets his decision and consults the judge, who reminds him of what he knew: a woman repudiated three times can return to her husband only after marrying another man. With the agreement of Houda, whom the other wives have consulted, he sets out in search of a temporary husband.
Context
Africultures attributes the screenplay to Farida Benlyazid, the Festival des 3 Continents to the director; Federico Ribes signed the cinematography, Kahena Attia the editing and Abdelouhab Doukkali the music. The production brought together the filmmaker's own company, the Tunisian Cinétéléfilms, Moroccan television, Canal+ Horizons and Touza Productions. Bachir Skirej plays Hadj Ben Moussa and Mouna Fettou the young Houda, and the sociologist Fatima Mernissi is part of the cast. L'Officiel des spectacles sees it as a comedy of manners drawn from the director's childhood memories, raised in a family harem.
Who it is for
A comedy in Arabic, 88 minutes long, shot on 35 mm; shown on its release in every cinema in Morocco, it was screened again in Rabat in 2023.
Prizes and reception
Audience Award at Montpellier in 1993, special jury prize and editing prize at Fespaco 1995, according to Africultures.
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