Farida Benlyazid

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Farida Benlyazid

Farida Benlyazid (born March 18, 1948, Tangier, Morocco) is a Moroccan scriptwriter, producer, production manager, novelist, and director. She began working in the field of cinema and cinematic production in the seventies. According to Sandra Gayle Carter, author of What Moroccan Cinema? : A Historical and Critical Study, Benlyazid continues to be one of the few Moroccan women in the field. From t…

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In Search of My Wife's HusbandIn Search of My Wife's Husband · 1993
In Search of My Wife's Husband
6.51993
MovieComedy
Lhadj Benmoussa, a rich jeweler, is married to several wives and appear to be a good manager of the three concubines, except when Houda, his third wife, who is young and gracious, is repudiated for the third time.
Women's WilesWomen's Wiles · 1999
Women's Wiles
6.51999
Movie
As the son of the Sultan loves Aisha, the pampered daughter of the merchant, they both play tricks on each other to determine who is the most intelligent, a man or a woman.
BadisBadis · 1989
Badis
8.01989
MovieDrama
Story of two women in a small fishing village, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan territory. Touria is married to the school teacher, who suspects her of infidelity and confines her to the house. Touria befriends Moira and together they learn how to dance the flamenco.
A Door to the SkyA Door to the Sky · 1989
A Door to the Sky
7.81989
MovieDrama
In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of mystic Kirana chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they decide to turn the father's palace into a shelter for Muslim women.
Niya TaghlabNiya Taghlab · 2000
Niya Taghlab
2000
MovieDramaTV Movie
"Mustapha" a taxi driver in the city of Tangier, during one of his trips the driver will accidentally meet a lost woman named "Toraya", who is foreign to the city and has no place to live in. Mustafa admires the woman and takes her to his house to stay with his wife, so problems start
FrontiersFrontiers · 2013
Frontiers
2013
MovieDrama
Maité goes to the city of Laayoune where Dahmane is waiting for het to produce a documentary program about the Moroccan Sahara. the reality she discovers there does not match at all what she could have figured out....
Casablanca, CasablancaCasablanca, Casablanca · 2002
Casablanca, Casablanca
5.02002
MovieDrama
The story of Aicha, a young girl who disappears one day, and whose father lives a difficult life that gets even worse after her disappearance.
The Wretched Life of Juanita NarboniThe Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni · 2005
The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni
8.02005
MovieComedyDrama
The daughter of an Englishman and an Andalusian woman, Juanita rejects the historical changes taking place in Tangier.She lives alone in this "Paradise lost", surrounded by her sister Elena; Esther, her close friend who dedicates her entire life to an impossible love affair with a Moroccan; and Hamruch the housemaid, who disappears one day without saying a word. The Spanish Civil War, WWII with the arrival of refugees from Europe, and the Moroccan independence finally returns the city to its Arab origins. Juanita's tragedy lies in not realizing that her world is destined to disappear by the destructive and rejuvenating force of History.

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