Maryam Touzani
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Biography
Maryam Touzani (Arabic: مريم التوزاني; born 18 July 1980; Tangier) is a Moroccan filmmaker and actress. She is best known as the director of critically acclaimed film Adam. Touzani was born in 1980 in Tangier. In 2003, she obtained Master's degree in Media Communication and Journalism in London. Then she began her career as a journalist with a focus on cinema. She is married to a fellow Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch.
Known For
Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to get her home and her belongings back and, unexpectedly, rediscovers love and sensuality.
Calle Malaga
Touda is a Sheikha, a traditional Moroccan singer. Performing in the bars of her provincial town under the gaze of men, she plans to leave for the lights of Casablanca in search of recognition and to ensure a better future for her deaf-mute son.
Everybody Loves Touda
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
The Blue Caftan
Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter Warda. Their routine of housework and homework is interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a roof over her head. The little girl is immediately taken with the newcomer, but her mother initially refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their home. Gradually, however, Abla's resolve softens and Samia's arrival begins to offer all of them the prospect of a new life.
Adam
When a rapper-turned-teacher brings hip-hop to a community center in an impoverished area of Casablanca, his tough methods spark an explosion of talent.
Casablanca Beats
Morocco, from the past to the present. Five people who are connected to each other – Abdallah, Salima, Joe, Hakim, and Inès – without realizing it. Different faces, different struggles, but one same breath. One city, Casablanca as a fragment of reality, as the myth of a film entirely shot in Hollywood studios, which reality has come back to claim.
Razzia
The only entertainment for 10-year-old Aya, a domestic helper, is some TV and her fantasies about the sea. With her handicapped neighbor, she seeks a way to make her dream come true.
Aya Goes to the Beach
The story follows two women who travel to Morocco to adopt a baby, leading to an emotional journey of motherhood and human connection.
Run, With No Tears
Sara, a sensitive and mischievous eight year old, with let neither death nor tradition come between her and her grandfather.