Acting

Fatym Layachi

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Known For

The PhysicianThe Physician · 2013
The Physician
★ 7.32013
MovieAdventureDrama
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
Marh'baMarh'ba · 2011
Marh'ba
2011
Movie
Mina and Saïd, a young engaged couple, return to Morocco to marry. But when his traditional immigrant parents meet her wealthy liberal family, tensions erupt. Can love bridge two worlds that seem irreconcilable?
The Story of a RoseThe Story of a Rose · 2000
The Story of a Rose
2000
MovieDrama
Abdullah is released after several years of detention because of his opinions. His family throws a party and he meets Malika and falls in love with her. Al-Shadi, Malika’s husband, finds out about the matter, he feels jealous, and the relationship between them turns into hell.
Aïcha KandichaAïcha Kandicha · 2026
Aïcha Kandicha
2026
MovieAnimationFantasy
In Morocco, children grow up fearing the witch Aïcha Kandicha. Yet some say she may have lived during the Portuguese rule over Morocco. This animated tale delves into the shadows to uncover her story.
Femme écriteFemme écrite · 2012
Femme écrite
2012
Movie
Naïm, a renowned anthropologist, wants to make a film on beautiful Mririda, a Berber poet and courtesan who mesmerizes him. At the brothel where she used to go, Naïm is struck by the beauty, the sensuous tattoos of young prostitute Adjou. He immediately feels bound in his flesh and soul to Adjou, a kind of mirror image to Mririda. Adjou’s brutal murder triggers a police investigation. In his desperate search for truth, Naïm sways between a world of imagination and reality. Lazcen Zinoun is the conductor of a film composed like a five-movement opus framed by tribal rituals and practices like the mysterious, erotic tattooing of women. He sings the hymn of freedom for women to control their own bodies in a society still paralyzed by ancient codes. He films Fatym Layachi’s goddess-like body with the same poetry and lyricism as he does the sexual passion that enflames the lovers.
Zaynab, the Rose of AghmatZaynab, the Rose of Aghmat · 2014
Zaynab, the Rose of Aghmat
★ 2.02014
MovieDramaHistory
The film follows Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah, wife of husband Prince Yusuf ibn Tashfin, founder of the city of Marrakech during the Almoravid era
Bone of IronBone of Iron · 2006
Bone of Iron
2006
MovieFantasyComedy
Three close friends need to find 120 Dirhams to pay for their friend's bus pass so he doesn't drop out of college.. but are confronted with harsh reality. The cry of despair drives them to the ultimate act: taking a bus hostage.
MarockMarock · 2005
Marock
★ 5.92005
MovieDramaRomance
Casablanca, the year of the baccalaureate. The carefree life of Morocco's golden youth and all its excesses: car races, friendships, music, alcohol, but also first loves and the anxiety of transitioning to adulthood... Marock presents a side of Morocco that is often unknown, seen through the eyes of Rita, 17, who is determined to live life on her own terms.

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Femme écriteFemme écrite · 2012
Femme écrite
2012
Movie
Naïm, a renowned anthropologist, wants to make a film on beautiful Mririda, a Berber poet and courtesan who mesmerizes him. At the brothel where she used to go, Naïm is struck by the beauty, the sensuous tattoos of young prostitute Adjou. He immediately feels bound in his flesh and soul to Adjou, a kind of mirror image to Mririda. Adjou’s brutal murder triggers a police investigation. In his desperate search for truth, Naïm sways between a world of imagination and reality. Lazcen Zinoun is the conductor of a film composed like a five-movement opus framed by tribal rituals and practices like the mysterious, erotic tattooing of women. He sings the hymn of freedom for women to control their own bodies in a society still paralyzed by ancient codes. He films Fatym Layachi’s goddess-like body with the same poetry and lyricism as he does the sexual passion that enflames the lovers.