Jahilya

Morroco, France | 2018 | 94 min. | Arabic | Fiction | Hebrew, English Subtitles

A tragicomic story of several characters caught in a historic event; the cancellation of the sheep Aid in 1996: Lofti the amnesic, Mounir who is rejected by the family of the woman he wants to marry, a child who can’t understand this cancellation and a person who needs help to commit suicide.


Production: Lamia Chraibi, Hicham Lasri, Michel Merkt. La Prod (Morocco) & Moon a Deal Films (France).
Script: Hicham Lasri
Cinematography: Said Slimani        
Editing: Zakaria Tibari     
Cast: Mostafa Houari, Salma Eddlimi, Hassan Ben Badida, Rami Fijjaj, Moulay Hassan Alaoui, Zoubir Abou Al Fadl, Zoubida Akif, Nissrine Erradi, Jalal Bouftaim, Youssef Lemrabet, Mohamed Aouragh, Malek Akhmiss, Fadwa Taleb, Imad Fijjaj, Walid Walhi, Fatima Bojo