Cinema
A Breach in the Wall
جرحة في الحائط
Jillali Ferhati · 1978
Synopsis
According to the one-sentence summary given by Africultures and Friends of Morocco, a deaf-mute watches the world of the marginalised go by in Tangier. Yabiladi recalls that the film's main character is a deaf-mute, and the filmmaker himself appears in the cast.
Context
The film was produced by Kamar Films with the Moroccan Cinematographic Centre; Ahmed El Maânouni did the cinematography, Émile Caporal the editing, and the music is by the group Jil Jilala and by Ivi Mercial. The filmmaker wrote its screenplay and dialogue, according to Friends of Morocco, and appears in it alongside Ahmed Ferhati, Bachir Skiredj, Ghita Ben Abdessalam and Larbi Yacoubi. Yabiladi notes that his first short film, in 1974, was already without words, and sees in this taste for silence the principle of his whole body of work.
Who it is for
A feature film in Arabic, in colour, running 80 to 87 minutes depending on the sources; no video copy is reported.
Prizes and reception
Its author's first feature film, selected for the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival.
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