Soumaya Akaaboune

Acting

Soumaya Akaaboune

Born

1974-02-16 (52)

Place of birth

Tangier, Morocco

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

Soumaya Akaaboune is an actress, known for Green Zone (2010), Playing for Keeps (2012) and Lovelace (2013).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Redemption Day poster
5.9

When his wife Kate is kidnapped by terrorists for ransom, veteran war hero Brad Paxton races against the clock to rescue her in a daring and deadly operation that pits him against powerful and dark forces.

Redemption Day

2021

Behind the Palm Trees poster
5.8

Mehdi leads an exemplary life with his family and Selma, his new girlfriend in Marrakech. For the young couple, things are going smoothly until Mehdi meets Marie, a young French woman caught up in the social life of the expatriate community.

Behind the Palm Trees

2026

Tanger blues poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tanger blues

2026

Deserts poster
6.6

Longtime friends, Mehdi and Hamid, work for a collection agency. They crisscross the villages of southern Morocco in their old car and share double rooms in shabby hotels. They are exactly the same size, and wear the same suits and ties, as well as the same shoes. Paid nearly nothing, they try to play hard to make good figures. One day, in a gas station planted in the middle of the desert, a motorcycle parks in front of them. A man is handcuffed to the luggage rack, threatening. It’s the Evader. Their meeting marks the beginning of an unforeseen and mystical journey.

Deserts

2023

Citoyen d'honneur poster
6.1

Samir Amin is a fulfilled writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, who lives in Paris, far from his native country, Algeria.He systematically refuses all the invitations made to him. Until the day when he decides to accept to be made "Honorary Citizen" of Sidi Mimoun, the small town where he was born.But should he again meet with the inhabitants of this city, who year after year became the heroes of his various novels?

Citoyen d'honneur

2022

No artwork available
NR

This scenic documentary attempts to reconstruct the last days of Jesus Christ - from his arrival in Jerusalem to his death on the cross. But what is faith and what is historical? The narrative begins with the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem with a small group of followers, continues with the scandal in the temple, the provocation of the Jewish rulers, the trial before the Roman prefect and the execution of the sentence.

INRI - Warum musste Jesus sterben?

2024

The Covenant poster
8.4

Lumo Project Films presents The Covenant, a captivating film rooted in the Torah, bringing to life the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and more. A Word-for word narration of the first five books of the Bible.

The Covenant

2023

Life Suits Me Well poster
6.3

Mid-1990s, little town in Morocco and seemingly ordinary family. Fouad is dedicated to his work in local postal services. He is climbing the signal posts and tries to keep people’s connections running. He radiates warmth and is the soul of his family and local community. Until one day, his health begins to deteriorate and his mind starts to fade. Each day, his neurological disease gets worse and paralyzes his physical and mental health. Loved ones of Fouad are facing the challenge of reconciling the changing family dynamics and a fading life.

Life Suits Me Well

2021

Crossing poster
3.0

Como El Viento is a penetrating and realistic drama which threads the universal feelings of fear, hope and loss in a tense and dramatic two-hour ferry crossing between Morocco and Spain.

Crossing

2024

2010s · 4 titles

1990s · 3 titles

Series credits

Highlander: The Series poster
7.4

Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.

Highlander: The Series

1992

Moses poster
6.9

An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lovingly told production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Moses leads them to freedom.

Moses

1996

The Boy That Never Was poster
6.3

When Dillon’s father Harry races back to their tiny apartment to rescue his child, the apartment is in rubble and there is no sign of his son. Three years later, thousands of miles away in Dublin, Harry spots a six-year-old boy in a crowd and is convinced he is Dillon. Desperate to find his son, Harry’s obsession tears apart his marriage to Robin, exposing shameful secrets that lead to the truth of what happened to their son on the night he went missing.

The Boy That Never Was

2024

Without Family poster
8.0

When Mehdi discovers that he is not the biological son of the family he lives with on the outskirts of town, he leaves home and embarks on a perilous adventure to find his real family.

Without Family

2015

Waadi poster
8.0

Mina is a 7 year old girl kidnapped by a poor family, who uses her in beggary and pick pocketing. But fortunately for her adopted by a rich woman named Fattouma. When she grows up, Mina goes through many stories and struggles to find her biological parents.

Waadi

2015

No artwork available
2.0

Follows the scripted daily life of a group of five women living in Los Angeles, and depicting their social life, their encounters and interactions, or their marital problems.

Les Vraies Housewives

2013

Behind the camera