Cinema
المطرقة والسندان
Hakim Noury · 1990
Synopsis
According to the Centre's official summary, copied by Friends of Morocco, Tahar, fifty-five, the archetype of the model civil servant, leads a quiet life despite the difficulties of his modest condition, until the day his superior announces his early retirement; he then has to face new problems.
Context
Written and with dialogue by the director, the film was produced by Cinautre; Abdelkrim Derkaoui did the cinematography and Abdessalam Agnaou the editing. At the head of the cast is Aïd Mouhoub, a man of the theatre born in 1930 in Derb Soltane according to Aujourd'hui le Maroc, who went from carpentry to the stage in the fifties according to Bladi; Abderrazak Maras, Mohamed Khayari, Fatima Ouachay and Mohamed Mrani surround him. The official filmography places it second among its author's feature films, after a first title of 1980.
Who it is for
A colour feature film, shot on 35 mm, of 90 or 100 minutes depending on the sources; no video copy is reported.
Prizes and reception
Best Actor award for Aïd Mouhoub at the third National Film Festival, in Meknes, in 1991, according to Bladi.
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