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Morjana Alaoui
Born November 30, 1982 · Casablanca, Morocco (age 43)
Morjana Alaoui (born November 30, 1982) is a Moroccan actress. She starred in Marock, Pascal Laugier's horror film Martyrs, and Rock the Casbah. Alaoui spent her early life in the Anfa neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco, and studied at the Casablanca American School. At 18, Alaoui moved to Paris, France, where she studied at the American University of Paris. While attending the university, she m…
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Martyrs · 2008Martyrs
★ 7.32008
MovieHorrorDrama
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Special Forces · 2011Special Forces
★ 6.72011
MovieActionDrama
Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.
Burnout · 2017Burnout
2017
MovieDrama
BurnOut is a film about the grinding down of hope by the contradictory values and morals of Moroccan society and how a mere chance encounter can throw everything that is taken for granted as normal and correct into question once one has glimpsed the possibility of the love and companionship that lies just beyond the walls of the Moroccan society. A shoe shiner Ayoub, a bourgeois couple, Jad and Ines in a loveless marriage, a wealthy but ailing art collector, and a young medical student Aida moonlighting as an escort, each interaction forever changing them and setting them on an irreversible trajectory towards catharsis or total collapse.
Broken · 2016Broken
★ 4.52016
MovieDramaThriller
A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic, but burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be.
Rock the Casbah · 2013Rock the Casbah
★ 6.32013
MovieComedyDrama
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
Scintilla · 2014Scintilla
★ 4.92014
MovieScience Fiction
From a torturous cell in Africa, Abel Powell is released and given the chance to regroup his team of skilled mercenaries for one last job. A top scientist will guide them half a mile underground through an ex-Soviet bunker to extract the vital specimens and information being paid for by a mysterious backer, but what they seek should never have been found!
Marock · 2005Marock
★ 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.
Traitors · 2013Traitors
★ 5.82013
MovieDrama
Malika, a punk rocker, agrees to smuggle drugs to save her family from eviction and fund her band's studio time, but her mission becomes complicated when she decides to help her fellow mule, Amal, escape.
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