For Bread Alone

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
2004-05-26


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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Saïd Taghmaoui Young Mohamed Choukri Unowned
Fayçal Zeghadi Mohamed Choukri (13 years old) Unowned
Billal Lahsini Mohamed Choukri (6 years old) Unowned
Karim Benhadj Taferseti Unowned
Sanaa Alaoui Mimouna (Mohamed's mother) Unowned
David Halevim Haddou (Mohamed's father) Unowned
Marzia Tedeschi Sallafa (bald woman) Unowned
Ahmed El Kouraichi Kabil (smuggler) Unowned
Jamil Hammoudi Ali Unowned
Francesca Codispoti Harrouda (prostitute) Unowned
Giovanna Ria Bushra (deaf-mute) Unowned
Josè Dell'Abbiato The Spaniard Unowned
Armando De Razza Boualem (cafe owner) Unowned
Daniel Ducruet Prison guard Unowned
Hamid Basket Abdelmalek (the scribe) Unowned
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