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Le Rif 1975:, Amar, 10 ans, vit seul avec son oncle, violent et buveur, depuis que sa mère, veuve, est partie se remarier en Belgique. Avec Carmen, réfugiée espagnole fuyant le franquisme, il découvre le cinéma. Bientôt, les premières tensions entre le Maroc et l'Espagne se profilent...
Un film de Mohamed Amine BENAMRAOUI, 2013, Maroc / Belgique / Emirats Arabes Unis, Fiction, 1h43 mn, avec Amanallah Benjilali, Paulina Galvez, Said Marssi, Juan Estelrich, Noumidia Lahmidi, Farouk Aznabet, Abdellah Anas
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1975. Ten-year-old Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, waiting for the unlikely return of his mother, who has left for Belgium. He finds a friend in Carmen, his neighbour, who is a Spanish exile and who works as an usher at the village cinema. Carmen helps him discover a world previously unknown to him.
A film by Mohamed Amin Benamraoui, 2013, Morocco / Belgium / United Arab Emirates, Amazigh, Arabic, French and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles / Colour / DCP / 103 minutes, starring Aman Allah Benjilali, Paulina Galvez
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