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OF GIRLS AND SWALLOWS

BY MOUMEN SMIHI

MOROCCO, 2008, 90min

VO AR ST FR
WITH NAJWA AZIZI, OUSSAMA OUAHANI

Tanger 1955. Last years of the protectorate.
Morocco is being mobilized for Independence and a cult is dedicated to Mohamed V, and the legitimate Sultan deported by the French to Madagascar. Larbi Salmi, 15, son of Sidi Ahmed, a theologian and Lalla Alia, daughter of one of the ulama of Fez, is consumed by a tragic desire ...

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