Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Maryam Touzami Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui. This sensitive and engaging queer themed story won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes in 2022 and was Morocco’s official entry for the Oscars. The film centres around a middle-aged married couple named Mina (Lubna Azabal) and Halim (Saleh Bakri) who are childless. Mina and Halim run a small sewing shop in a …
ROCK THE CASBAH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Laila Marrakchi Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Hiam Abbass, Nadine Labaki, Omar Sharif. We've seen this sort of thing before - a family patriarch dies and the family gathers to mourn and grieve. But soon the family gathering is overshadowed by family secrets, lies, arguments and disappointments that emerge and bitter resentments erupt while a few skeletons in the closet are rattled. What …
