Mohamed Ismail

Directing

Mohamed Ismail

Born

1951-01-09 (75)

Place of birth

Casablanca, Morocco

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Born on September 1st, 1951 in Tetouan. Mohamed Ismail was an awarded Moroccan director and producer. In 1970, he began studying law in Rabat. Then in 1974, he joined the Moroccan National Broadcasting and Television Company where he produced several films, documentaries, theatrical evenings and variety shows. He also directed several commercials and institutional films. In 2015, he was a member of the jury of the competition "Horizons of Arab Cinema" at the 37th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival. Mohamed Ismail directed six feature films for cinema release, among them "Et Après...", a film about illegal sub-Saharan immigration from Morocco to Spain which won many internation…

Known for

Majda poster
8.0

Majda is a musician and a zither instructor, who has been living a happy and quiet life with her husband, who runs a restaurant. However, the winds of treachery and infidelity threaten to blow her quiet home when an old lover appears.

Majda

2004

Young Lions poster
10.0

Young Lions was an Australian TV police drama broadcast on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two.The series was based around the professional and private lives of four rookie detectives, the Young Lions, of South West 101, an inner city Sydney police station. The program rated poorly and was not renewed after its first season. Competition from other new drama series and several timeslot changes also contributed to the show's demise.

Young Lions

2002

The Shore Waves poster
NR

Hemaida is a young man who leaves his mother to travel to the city of Casablanca, where his friend Al Arabi is going to help him find a job and provide him with accommodation. However, he faces many problems while he is there when he discovers that his friend works in drug trafficking.

The Shore Waves

2001

Awlad Lablad poster
NR

Three unemployed university graduates—M'Faddal, Abdelhamid, and Abdeslam—who struggle to find work and face harsh economic realities before considering drastic choices like illegal emigration.

Awlad Lablad

2010

Et après? poster
7.0

Mustapha, a young Moroccan living on small shots, meets a couple of Spanish tourists. The latter dragged him into a heavy traffic of hashish. Forced to flee his country, he finds himself on a makeshift boat, among other men. They are determined to clandestinely reach the Spanish shores in the hope of a bright future.

Et après?

2002

Des... Espoirs poster
NR

Amine is a brilliant young architect who, despite a successful career, mistrusts women due to trauma from his youth. That all changes the day he meets Leila, a beautiful cabaret dancer. He falls madly in love with her and dreams of stealing her away. However, Leila is indebted to Momo, her violent and jealous patron. Will Amine be able to overcome his past to succeed in the present?

Des... Espoirs

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Series credits

Behind the camera

Majda poster
8.0

Majda is a musician and a zither instructor, who has been living a happy and quiet life with her husband, who runs a restaurant. However, the winds of treachery and infidelity threaten to blow her quiet home when an old lover appears.

Majda

2004

The Shore Waves poster
NR

Hemaida is a young man who leaves his mother to travel to the city of Casablanca, where his friend Al Arabi is going to help him find a job and provide him with accommodation. However, he faces many problems while he is there when he discovers that his friend works in drug trafficking.

The Shore Waves

2001

Awlad Lablad poster
NR

Three unemployed university graduates—M'Faddal, Abdelhamid, and Abdeslam—who struggle to find work and face harsh economic realities before considering drastic choices like illegal emigration.

Awlad Lablad

2010

Awlad Lablad poster
NR

Three unemployed university graduates—M'Faddal, Abdelhamid, and Abdeslam—who struggle to find work and face harsh economic realities before considering drastic choices like illegal emigration.

Awlad Lablad

2010

Awlad Lablad poster
NR

Three unemployed university graduates—M'Faddal, Abdelhamid, and Abdeslam—who struggle to find work and face harsh economic realities before considering drastic choices like illegal emigration.

Awlad Lablad

2010

Et après? poster
7.0

Mustapha, a young Moroccan living on small shots, meets a couple of Spanish tourists. The latter dragged him into a heavy traffic of hashish. Forced to flee his country, he finds himself on a makeshift boat, among other men. They are determined to clandestinely reach the Spanish shores in the hope of a bright future.

Et après?

2002

Des... Espoirs poster
NR

Amine is a brilliant young architect who, despite a successful career, mistrusts women due to trauma from his youth. That all changes the day he meets Leila, a beautiful cabaret dancer. He falls madly in love with her and dreams of stealing her away. However, Leila is indebted to Momo, her violent and jealous patron. Will Amine be able to overcome his past to succeed in the present?

Des... Espoirs

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Goodbye Mothers poster
5.0

In 1960, Moroccan Jews began migrating en masse to Israel, encouraged by immigration officers of the new state. The film tells the drama of the story of two families, one Jewish and one Muslim, joined by a close friendship but whose destinies are separated. Selected by Morocco as a candidate for the 2008 Oscar for Best Picture Foreign Language.

Goodbye Mothers

2008

Goodbye Mothers poster
5.0

In 1960, Moroccan Jews began migrating en masse to Israel, encouraged by immigration officers of the new state. The film tells the drama of the story of two families, one Jewish and one Muslim, joined by a close friendship but whose destinies are separated. Selected by Morocco as a candidate for the 2008 Oscar for Best Picture Foreign Language.

Goodbye Mothers

2008

Ouachtam poster
NR

Towards the end of the 1940s, in the midst of the struggle against Spanish colonialism, in the village of Aouchtam, lived the family of El Hadj, an old man suffering from blindness. He lives with his two sons and his last wife Aïcha. He suspects the latter of loving one of his sons. After an operation to restore his sight, he returns home, pretending to still be blind...

Ouachtam

1997

Ouachtam poster
NR

Towards the end of the 1940s, in the midst of the struggle against Spanish colonialism, in the village of Aouchtam, lived the family of El Hadj, an old man suffering from blindness. He lives with his two sons and his last wife Aïcha. He suspects the latter of loving one of his sons. After an operation to restore his sight, he returns home, pretending to still be blind...

Ouachtam

1997

Allal Al Kalda poster
NR

Allal, a street vendor who sells vegetables to cover the expenses of treating his seriously ill daughter, decides to travel to another city due to bad conditions. He works as a truck driver and lives in the hope of working for a large company owned by the son of one of his friends who comes from abroad.

Allal Al Kalda

2003

Why Not...? poster
NR

Anbar, a naïve yet pure-hearted man, falls for a girl who vanishes mysteriously after her stepfather discovers their secret love letters. As he searches for work, he faces misfortunes and touching encounters with his quirky neighbors.

Why Not...?

2005

Here and There poster
NR

“Rahal” immigrated to Europe forty years ago. Scandalized by the behavior of his eldest son who participated in a heist, he decides to return to Morocco for good. In his native country, “Rahal” intends to take matters into his own hands. Events take another detour.

Here and There

2004