MOROCCAN FILM SEASON: 'GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER'.
Monday, 25 June at 18:00h
Rock the Casbah
Laila Marrakchi, Morocco, 2013, 100 minutes.
Synopsis
Summer in Tangiers. A family gathers for three days in their home after the death of their father to share their memories and mourn his loss, according to Muslim tradition. They have left the beach behind and swapped their swimming costumes for djellabas, and have come together in a show of mourning.
Tuesday, 26 June at 18:00h
Aïda
Driss Mrini, Morocco, 2015, 93 min
Synopsis
Aida Cohen is a music teacher living in Paris who is fighting a tumour. Convinced that her days are numbered, she decides to return to Morocco to reconnect with her roots and remember her forgotten childhood.
Wednesday, 27 June at 18:00h
Goodbye Carmen
Mohamed Amin Benamraoui, Morocco / Belgium / United Arab Emirates, 2013, 104 min.
Synopsis:
El Rif, 1975: 10-year-old Amar lives alone with his violent, alcoholic uncle since his mother remarried in Belgium. With Carmen, a Spanish refugee who fled Franco's regime, he discovers cinema. Soon, the first tensions between Morocco and Spain are looming...
Thursday, 28 June at 18:00h
Andalousie, mon amour!
Mohamed Nadif, Morocco, 2012, 86 min.
Synopsis
Said and Amine, two students living in Casablanca, dream of Europe. They end up in a small village in northern Morocco. With the help of the school teacher, they set sail for Europe and are shipwrecked. The sea brings Amine back to the village, while Said arrives on a Spanish beach.
Venue: Casino de Rociana Cultural Society. Calle Sevilla, 6, Rociana del Condado,
Free admission until full capacity is reached.
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