7.2
97 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Saïd Taghmaoui | Young Mohamed Choukri | Unowned |
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Fayçal Zeghadi | Mohamed Choukri (13 years old) | Unowned |
| Billal Lahsini | Mohamed Choukri (6 years old) | Unowned | |
| Karim Benhadj | Taferseti | Unowned | |
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Sanaa Alaoui | Mimouna (Mohamed's mother) | Unowned |
| David Halevim | Haddou (Mohamed's father) | Unowned | |
| Marzia Tedeschi | Sallafa (bald woman) | Unowned | |
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Ahmed El Kouraichi | Kabil (smuggler) | Unowned |
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Jamil Hammoudi | Ali | Unowned |
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Francesca Codispoti | Harrouda (prostitute) | Unowned |
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Giovanna Ria | Bushra (deaf-mute) | Unowned |
| Josè Dell'Abbiato | The Spaniard | Unowned | |
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Armando De Razza | Boualem (cafe owner) | Unowned |
| Daniel Ducruet | Prison guard | Unowned | |
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Hamid Basket | Abdelmalek (the scribe) | Unowned |
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Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Marwani (the revolutionary) | Unowned |
| Simona Manganaro | Assia (girl in the garden) | Unowned | |
| Sandra Loredana Cristiano | Prostitute 2 | Unowned | |
| Ilaria De Laurentiis | Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister) | Unowned | |
| Aida Ben Barka | Student | Unowned |