Siham Assif

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Siham Assif

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Et après?Et après? · 2002
Et après?
★ 7.02002
MovieDrama
Mustapha, a young Moroccan living on small shots, meets a couple of Spanish tourists. The latter dragged him into a heavy traffic of hashish. Forced to flee his country, he finds himself on a makeshift boat, among other men. They are determined to clandestinely reach the Spanish shores in the hope of a bright future.
Beach CaféBeach Café · 2001
Beach Café
★ 6.52001
MovieComedyDrama
Driss is a jack-of-all trades type who sells fish from his car and moves furniture from one end of his hometown Tangiers to the other. His girlfriend is a free-spirited and wealthy European lass who runs an antique shop. One day, Driss becomes fascinated with Fouad, an old man who runs a rundown café by the beach. Fouad disdains his fellow Moroccans, calling them lazy, preferring the company of Europeans -- particularly, as Driss later learns -- young European women. Always on the make, Driss offers Fouad a business proposition -- to revamp his establishment and turn it into a proper restaurant with Driss as his business partner. He is later shocked and hurt to learn that Fouad starts to remodel his business but without Driss. Sending out his friends as spies, Driss learns a number of unsettling things about his would-be associate.
Cry No MoreCry No More · 2003
Cry No More
★ 7.02003
Movie
Moroccan filmmaker Narjiss Nejjar makes her feature debut with the drama Cry No More. Former prostitute Mina (Raouia) is released from prison after a 25-year sentence. Bus driver Fahd (Khalid Benchegra) returns her to the isolated Berber village of prostitutes. Because the only men allowed in are customers, Fahd pretends to be Mina's son. Fahd falls for Mina's angry daughter, Hala (Siham Assif), who wants to stop the village curse. Hala has a daughter of her own, Zinba Rafiqua Belhaj, who's about to undergo a traditional loss-of-virginity ritual. As she forms a plan to stop the sex work-cycle, Mina doesn't let Hala know her real identity, although the village elders in the mountain cliffs remember her. Cry No More was shown during the Director's Fortnight at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Why Not...?Why Not...? · 2005
Why Not...?
2005
MovieDrama
Anbar, a naïve yet pure-hearted man, falls for a girl who vanishes mysteriously after her stepfather discovers their secret love letters. As he searches for work, he faces misfortunes and touching encounters with his quirky neighbors.
Wake up MoroccoWake up Morocco · 2006
Wake up Morocco
2006
Movie
On an island off Casablanca, an old footballer shares his days with his granddaughter and dreams of this final he could have won if he had not spent the night with a woman.
BreakBreak · 2006
Break
2006
MovieDrama
The movie is about an alcoholic policeman who abuses his wife and his children .
The Rif LoverThe Rif Lover · 2011
The Rif Lover
2011
MovieDrama
Aya only dreams of finding love like her favorite opera character Carmen. But the person who steals her heart is a powerful hashish trafficker known as The Baron. After buying her virginity from her brothers, he soon reveals himself to be an illusory prince charming.
Mount MoussaMount Moussa · 2022
Mount Moussa
2022
Movie
In completely innocuous circumstances, Marouane meets young Hakim, a young aphasic, confined to a wheelchair who has chosen to live away from the world, alone with his inner demons. Interfering in his secret worlds will not be without consequences for Marouane.

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Beach CaféBeach Café · 2001
Beach Café
★ 6.52001
MovieComedyDrama
Driss is a jack-of-all trades type who sells fish from his car and moves furniture from one end of his hometown Tangiers to the other. His girlfriend is a free-spirited and wealthy European lass who runs an antique shop. One day, Driss becomes fascinated with Fouad, an old man who runs a rundown café by the beach. Fouad disdains his fellow Moroccans, calling them lazy, preferring the company of Europeans -- particularly, as Driss later learns -- young European women. Always on the make, Driss offers Fouad a business proposition -- to revamp his establishment and turn it into a proper restaurant with Driss as his business partner. He is later shocked and hurt to learn that Fouad starts to remodel his business but without Driss. Sending out his friends as spies, Driss learns a number of unsettling things about his would-be associate.

Siham

Cry No MoreCry No More · 2003
Cry No More
★ 7.02003
Movie
Moroccan filmmaker Narjiss Nejjar makes her feature debut with the drama Cry No More. Former prostitute Mina (Raouia) is released from prison after a 25-year sentence. Bus driver Fahd (Khalid Benchegra) returns her to the isolated Berber village of prostitutes. Because the only men allowed in are customers, Fahd pretends to be Mina's son. Fahd falls for Mina's angry daughter, Hala (Siham Assif), who wants to stop the village curse. Hala has a daughter of her own, Zinba Rafiqua Belhaj, who's about to undergo a traditional loss-of-virginity ritual. As she forms a plan to stop the sex work-cycle, Mina doesn't let Hala know her real identity, although the village elders in the mountain cliffs remember her. Cry No More was shown during the Director's Fortnight at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

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