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Marock is a marocain film of genre Drama directed by Laïla Marrakchi with Matthieu Boujenah
Marock (2005)
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Add to a movie listMarock is the 2005 Moroccan film by director Laïla Marrakchi. The film was 2006's most successful film in Morocco, scoring more than 3 million dirhams at the Moroccan box-office, according to TelQuel. It was very controversial as it deals with a Muslim/Jewish love between two young people in Casablanca, Morocco; Rita and Youri.
The film was shown in Moroccan cinemas without being edited or censored. The title Marock is a play on words based on the French name of Morocco Maroc and Rock as in Rock'n Roll. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
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Ramadan 1997 à Casablanca : à l'approche de son baccalauréat littéraire, Rita Belghiti et ses amis de la bourgeoisie casablancaise s'amusent en contournant les lois et interdits de la société musulmane, étudient et vont a un lycée français de la haute société casablancaise, accompagnés par leurs chauffeurs ; les garçons font des courses de voitures dans la ville.Actors
Matthieu Boujenah
(Youri)
Morjana Alaoui
(Rita)
Fatym Layachi
(Sofia)
Assaâd Bouab
(Mao)
Rachid Benhaissan
(Driss)
Khalid Maadour
(Omar)
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