Burning Casablanca
In hellish Casablanca, a car-crash sets ablaze a burning, passionate love story between has-been rocker Larsen and the streetwise amazon Rajae. An unspoken trauma is their common history; rock n' roll their mutual saviour. Larsen's snakeskin-covered guitar and Rajae's liquid gold voice could be heaven, if only everything from his drug-induced visions to her music-buff pimp didn't get in the way. The only hope for their blooming romance is to skip this ferocious town. Is there a way out of this crazy Moroccan underworld with its menagerie of sadistic cops, venomous snakes, metal concerts and shotgun-wielding modern-day Calamity Janes? For these punk Romeo and Juliet, maybe the answer lies in a song - the one they've been writing and dreaming together : Zanka Contact
Directed by Ismaël el Iraki · Written by Ismaël el Iraki
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Cast
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Ahmed Hammoud Larsen -
Said Bey Said -
Mourad Zaoui Mourad - Fatima Attif Rokia
- Khansa Batma Rajae
- Abderrahmane Oubihem Obama
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Rafik Boubker Le Bien-Né -
Vernon Dobtcheff Corny -
Oisín Stack Gibson - Karim Besri Chauffeur de Limousine
- Ouahiba Filali La mère de Larsen
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Dominic Jones Junior
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Burning Casablanca
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