Drama
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.
Directed by
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Written by
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Saïd Taghmaoui
Young Mohamed Choukri
Armando De Razza
Boualem (cafe owner)
Sanaa Alaoui
Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)
Hamid Basket
Abdelmalek (the scribe)
Jamil Hammoudi
Ali
Ahmed El Kouraichi
Kabil (smuggler)
Giovanna Ria
Bushra (deaf-mute)
Francesca Codispoti
Harrouda (prostitute)
Marzia Tedeschi
Sallafa (bald woman)
Fayçal Zeghadi
Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)
Billal Lahsini
Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)
Karim Benhadj
Taferseti
David Halevim
Haddou (Mohamed's father)
Josè Dell'Abbiato
The Spaniard
Daniel Ducruet
Prison guard
Simona Manganaro
Assia (girl in the garden)
Sandra Loredana Cristiano
Prostitute 2
Ilaria De Laurentiis
Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)
Aida Ben Barka
Student

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