Acting
A radio host often addresses issues of violence against women on her show. Her life takes a decisive turn when she receives a mysterious call from a listener.
In one of the Moroccan villages, the competition is for those who are elected to run the village affairs, and then agree on the establishment of a football team as a criterion for competition.
The film is about the suffering of a mother with one of her sons who asks her to sell the family home, one of the traditional old houses, to repay his debts, but she categorically refuses to bow to his request in favor of the "commandment" of her husband, who recommended before his death to keep the house.
A rich American couple, a family of Dutch criminals, a French gay couple, a working class family from Germany and an illegal Moroccan youth and his kid brother, are all in Amsterdam, each with their own story. Different reasons make their paths intertwine, leading to a dramatic climax that changes their lives for ever.
Ahmed Bouanani’s Al-Manabe' al-Arba'a (1974), a very low-budget fantastical adaption of a poetic fable, features his wife Naïma Saoudi, who also worked as an art director and set designer. It is his only film in colour, which convinced him that his vocation was to work in black and white.
The film is an autobiography of the Moroccan visual artist Benhaila Regrakia. Regrakia grows up in a conservative family that clings to its traditions, which are based on valuing the man and granting him absolute authority within the family. She finds herself trapped between self-affirmation, which is considered a departure from the norm within her family, and between traditions and social reality. Cruel.
