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'Abdellah Taïa's lovely and elliptical adaptation of his autobiographical novel about growing up gay, effeminate, and powerless in Morocco.' Village Voice
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In a working class neighbourhood in Casablanca, Abdellah, a homosexual teen, tries to build his own life within his big family, caught between an authoritarian mother and an older brother, who he adores.
France, Morocco - 2014 - 1h 21m
Directed By: Abdellah Taïa
Written By: Abdellah Taïa
Starring: Saïd Mrini, Karim Ait M'Hand, Amine Ennaji, Frédéric Landenberg
Aspects: Arab cinema, French cinema, gay and lesbian film, LGBTQ cinema
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