Story
Full overview
The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.
People
Cast
Saïd TaghmaouiYoung Mohamed Choukri
Fayçal ZeghadiMohamed Choukri (13 years old)
Billal LahsiniMohamed Choukri (6 years old)Karim BenhadjTaferseti
Sanaa AlaouiMimouna (Mohamed's mother)David HalevimHaddou (Mohamed's father)
Marzia TedeschiSallafa (bald woman)
Ahmed El KouraichiKabil (smuggler)
Jamil HammoudiAli
Francesca CodispotiHarrouda (prostitute)
Giovanna RiaBushra (deaf-mute)Josè Dell'AbbiatoThe Spaniard
Armando De RazzaBoualem (cafe owner)Production
Key crew
Mohamed Rachid BenhadjDirector
Roberto de LaurentiisProducer
Mohamed Rachid BenhadjWriter