• Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Nabil Ayouch
  • France, Morocco, Belgium 2018
  • 109 minutes
  • French, Arabic
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

In 1982, in the starkly beautiful landscapes of the Atlas Mountains, an idealistic teacher falls in love with an independent and stoically beautiful widow. In 2015, in Casablanca, we meet the powerfully free Salima, Jewish café owner Monsieur Joe, troubled bourgeois teen Inès and part-time singer Hakim.

Director Nabil Ayouch weaves together five separate narrative threads, and creates an intricate tale of lost loves, forbidden desires, and fragile dreams in modern day Morocco.


  • Director Nabil Ayouch
  • Production Bruno Nahon, Patrick Quinet, Nabil Ayouch
  • Script Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
  • Cinematography Virginie Surdej
  • Editing Sophie Reine, Marie-Helene Dozo
  • Music Caroline Chaspoul, Eduardo Henriquez, Guillaume Poncelet
  • Festivals Toronto, London, Rotterdam
  • Actors Maryam Touzani, Arieh Worthalter, Amine Ennaji, Abdelilah Rachid
  • Source Playtime, Paris