The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.
Saïd Taghmaoui
Young Mohamed Choukri
Fayçal Zeghadi
Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)
Billal Lahsini
Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)
Karim Benhadj
Taferseti
Sanaa Alaoui
Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)
David Halevim
Haddou (Mohamed's father)
Marzia Tedeschi
Sallafa (bald woman)
Ahmed El Kouraichi
Kabil (smuggler)
Jamil Hammoudi
Ali
Francesca Codispoti
Harrouda (prostitute)
Giovanna Ria
Bushra (deaf-mute)
Josè Dell'Abbiato
The Spaniard
Armando De Razza
Boualem (cafe owner)
Daniel Ducruet
Prison guard
Hamid Basket
Abdelmalek (the scribe)
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Marwani (the revolutionary)
Simona Manganaro
Assia (girl in the garden)
Sandra Loredana Cristiano
Prostitute 2
Ilaria De Laurentiis
Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)
Aida Ben Barka
Student
Director, Writer
Roberto de Laurentiis
Producer
Jan 1, 1993
Jun 7, 2002
Sep 29, 1994
Jan 4, 2008
Jun 8, 2011
Aug 1, 2007
May 11, 2017
Oct 16, 1992
Oct 18, 2019
May 1, 2006
Jul 29, 2021
Feb 19, 1998
Sep 8, 2018
Dec 15, 1996
May 22, 1975
Jul 24, 2009
Morocco
العربية
Français
