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.