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.
Saïd Taghmaoui
Young Mohamed Choukri
Fayçal Zeghadi
Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)
Billal Lahsini
Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)
Karim Benhadj
Taferseti
Sanaa Alaoui
Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)
David Halevim
Haddou (Mohamed's father)
Marzia Tedeschi
Sallafa (bald woman)
Ahmed El Kouraichi
Kabil (smuggler)
Jamil Hammoudi
Ali
Francesca Codispoti
Harrouda (prostitute)
Giovanna Ria
Bushra (deaf-mute)
Josè Dell'Abbiato
The Spaniard
Armando De Razza
Boualem (cafe owner)
Daniel Ducruet
Prison guard
Hamid Basket
Abdelmalek (the scribe)
The Smile Man
An Hour and a Half
Melancholy Autumn
Leaving on the 15th Spring
The Son-Daughter
Helen of Four Gates
Devil's Island
I Met My Love Again
Between Two Women
Zinda Bhaag
Les Ombres Qui Passent
A Million Bid
Tattoo
Scarlet Week
Stereotype
Ask and It Will Be Yours
Home Fires Burning
The Vampire Dancer
Good Luck
Bizet: Carmen
Adam
Five Fingers
Bastard Out of Carolina
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Farming
Herself
Stillwater
Cardboard Boxer
The Wind and the Lion
Black Gold
I Am David
Where the Red Fern Grows
I'm Not Here
Sky
7th & Union
The Girl in the Book
All Together Now
Hala
Johnny Belinda
