Marock

Marock
Marock
Directed by	Laïla Marrakchi
Produced by	Stéphanie Carreras
Written by	Laïla Marrakchi
Starring	Morjana El Alaoui Mathieu Boujenah Assaad Bouab
Cinematography	Maxime Alexandre
Editing by	Pascale Fenouillet
Distributed by	Pan Européenne Distribution
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Morocco France
Language	Arabic French

Marock is the 2005 Moroccan film by the female director Laïla Marrakchi. The movie was very controversial as it deals with a Muslim/Jewish love between two high school mates, Rita and Youri. The film was 2006's most successful film in Morocco, scoring more than 3 million dirhams at the Moroccan box-office, according to TelQuel.

The film was shown in Moroccan cinemas without being edited or censored.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1]

Cast

• Morjana Alaoui – Rita
• Matthieu Boujenah – Youri
• Razika Simozrag – Asmaa
• Fatym Layachi – Sofia
• Assaad Bouab – Mao
• Rachid Benhaissan – Driss
• Khalid Maadour – Omar
• Michael Souda – Mehdi

Critical Reception

The film received 3 stars out of 4 from the critic Alain Spira in Paris Match: "Marrakchi depicts, in an original way, the young jet set of her country. [...] Hypocritical religion, arranged marriages, the Judeo-Arab rivalry, nothing is spared. But Marock is also a great cry of love for her country with its generous spirit and matchless style for living."^[2]

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Marock". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4284727/year/2005.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12. 
2. ^ Paris Match, No. 2961, 16–22 February, 2006

Notes

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External links

• Marock at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website (site offline, 5 December 2008)
• Marock at AllRovi