Cinema
أوشتام
Mohamed Ismail · 1998
Synopsis
Towards the end of the forties, in the midst of the struggle against Spanish colonialism, El Hadj, an old man struck blind, lives in the village of Aouchtam with his two sons and his last wife, whom he suspects of being in love with one of them. An operation restores his sight, but he goes home pretending to be still blind, the better to watch his wife and observe the game of seduction taking shape between her and his son.
Context
Written, produced and directed by the filmmaker for Mia Production, the film has Thierry Lebigre as cinematographer; the editing is by Nathalie Perrey and Abdellatif Raïs, the music by Ghani Kabbaj and Omar Sordo according to Africultures. Mohamed El Khalfi, Hassan Essakalli, Fatima Ouchay and Abdellah Chakiri are in the cast, with Samia Akariou. It was shown at the Carthage Film Days in 1998, then in 1999 at the Institut du monde arabe, in Paris, at an event devoted to Morocco.
Who it is for
A dramatic comedy in Arabic, in colour, 90 minutes long; no video copy is known.
Prizes and reception
First cinema feature by a director from television, and a popular success according to Aujourd'hui le Maroc.
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