OF GIRLS AND SWALLOWS
BY MOUMEN SMIHI
MAROC, 2008, 90MIN
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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