Cinema
الورطة
Mustapha Khayat · 1984
Synopsis
According to the official summary in the production sheet, which Friends of Morocco repeats, Ahmed, charged by his village's jmaa with buying a water pump, makes his first trip to Casablanca, where his daughter works as a servant.
Context
The cast brings together Mohamed Khalfi, Omar Sayed, Omar Chanbout, Ahmed Saari, Ahmed Lotfi and Souad Saber, and Hassan Amiri handles the sound. The two sources differ on the date and the running time: 1983 and 100 minutes for the Centre, 1984 and 86 minutes for the other. This second directory extends the summary by depicting a teeming, many-sided big city, which exerts a morbid fascination on the neighbouring countryside and deprives it of the young hands drawn by the legend of an easy and lucrative life.
Who it is for
A colour feature film, shot on 35 mm, of 86 or 100 minutes depending on the sources; no video copy is reported.
Prizes and reception
The only known film directed by its author, devoted to the city's attraction for the countryside.