Marock

Marock

Laïla Marrakchi

FR
2005
Spielfilm
96’
Focus

Casablanca at the end of the 1990s: a clique of young people, all with rich parents, live through wild times, with fast cars, parties and flirtations. The knowledge that everything will change once they have taken their A-level exams determines their rhythm and their attitudes to life. Seventeen-year-old Muslima Rita is one of the group. It is anathema to her to observe religious rituals, along with outmoded ideas of manners, conventions and morals. She is much more interested in Youri, the most handsome guy in school. Youri is Jewish. At this time, Jews and Muslims in Casablanca’s high society live close to one another, and yet there are still frontiers that no one dares to cross. When Rita’s brother Mao returns, changed, from a long stay abroad, his religiousness is placed over the dynamic and liberal family like a damp veil.
With over three million viewers, Marock was the most successful Moroccan film in 2005. It was shown uncensored and set off heated public discussions because of its subject matter.

Director / Script

Laila Marakchi

Cinematography

Maxime Alexandre

Editing

Pascale Fenouillet

Sound

Pierre Adré

Music

Mathieu Dugelay, Charles Henri de Pierrefeu

Cast

Matthieu Boujenaj, Morjana Alaoui, Assaad Bouab und andere

Production

Stéphanie Carreras, Adeline Lecallier, Alain Rocca

Contact

Roissy Films

Laïla Marrakchi

After a successful university education (an MA in film studies) and various jobs as assistant director, Laïla Marrakchi made her first short film in 2000: L’horizon perdu. This was followed by two documentary films before she presented Deux cents dirhams at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film in 2002. As in all her works, she focuses on everyday life in Morocco. Laïla Marrakchi became well-known with her first full-length feature film, Marock, which was screened in 2005 at the Cannes Festival. The IFFF Dortmund+Köln has already screened L’horizon perdu, Deux cents dirhams and Marock.


Films by Laïla Marrakchi
Marock 2005 | Momo mambo 2003 | Deux cents dirhams 2002 | L’horizon perdu 2000