
Directing
Nabyl Lahlou
Nabyl Lahlou (born 1945 in Fes, Morocco) is a Moroccan theater director, author and actor, known for being an innovative theater and film director, and is considered one of the most influential Moroccan theater directors of the 1980s.
Acting credits
NRA young woman in her thirties arrives in a sort of military prison with the aim of freeing her parents. She is accompanied by a glass blower, who, by imposing repetitive and tiring work on her, seeks to make her understand the impossibility of her quest.
L'appel
2018
NRHamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life.
al-Kanfoudi
1978
NRThrough the tragic fate of a former resistance fighter, a donkey narrates the story of the citizens who participated in the struggle against the authorities of the French protectorate during the exile of King Mohammed V, and of the traitors who collaborated with the colonizers to become rich.
The Soul that Brays
1984
NRL'Gharbi works in a newspaper's telex booth to classify dispatches. One day while reading a dispatch relating to an island whose governor had disappeared, Al Gharbi identified with the character of the governor of the island of “Chakerbakerben”
The Governor of Chakerbakerben Island
1980
NRThe film tells the story of story of a Brahim Boumalfi, a retiree who, after working for fifty years at the same company, has not received a pension in over two years
Brahim Who?
1982
NRTortured by policemen seeking to extract confessions from him about his shady association with a certain William Shakespeare, Fettah Aberkane falls into a coma. In his agony, he imagines the film he has always dreamed of making.
Look at the King in the Moon
2011
NRSalim, a reporter, is having trouble with his wife Nadia. They have lost their passion for each other, and Nadia falls in love with Miloud, Salim's driver. Miloud then murders his boss.
The Night of the Crime
1992
NRthis film shows the resistance of Berber villagers in the High Atlas against the representatives of the Moroccan administration in the 1960s.
The Years of Exile
2002
NRAli Brahma visits his homeland for the first time in order to attend his father's funeral. This first trip to Morocco coincides with the trial of serial rapist and police commissioner Mohamed Mustapha Tabet. On the flight back to Paris, Ali meets Zakia Malik. Together, they look into the Tabet trial to write a play and a film script.
Tabite or Not Tabite
2006
Behind the camera
NRHamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life.
al-Kanfoudi
1978
NRHamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life.
al-Kanfoudi
1978
NRIn a country called Lashistan, a dictator rules. A sect wants to overthrow him to seize power and establish a theocracy. Mozad, QBZ chief, proposes to the leaders of the sect to film the president in scenes where he kills, tortures and executes; and in others, where he is engaged in total debauchery. To do so, Mozad introduces the plotters to Komany, and alcoholic actor and a look-alike of the president.
Komany
1989
NRIn a country called Lashistan, a dictator rules. A sect wants to overthrow him to seize power and establish a theocracy. Mozad, QBZ chief, proposes to the leaders of the sect to film the president in scenes where he kills, tortures and executes; and in others, where he is engaged in total debauchery. To do so, Mozad introduces the plotters to Komany, and alcoholic actor and a look-alike of the president.
Komany
1989
NRThrough the tragic fate of a former resistance fighter, a donkey narrates the story of the citizens who participated in the struggle against the authorities of the French protectorate during the exile of King Mohammed V, and of the traitors who collaborated with the colonizers to become rich.
The Soul that Brays
1984
NRThrough the tragic fate of a former resistance fighter, a donkey narrates the story of the citizens who participated in the struggle against the authorities of the French protectorate during the exile of King Mohammed V, and of the traitors who collaborated with the colonizers to become rich.
The Soul that Brays
1984
NRL'Gharbi works in a newspaper's telex booth to classify dispatches. One day while reading a dispatch relating to an island whose governor had disappeared, Al Gharbi identified with the character of the governor of the island of “Chakerbakerben”
The Governor of Chakerbakerben Island
1980
NRL'Gharbi works in a newspaper's telex booth to classify dispatches. One day while reading a dispatch relating to an island whose governor had disappeared, Al Gharbi identified with the character of the governor of the island of “Chakerbakerben”
The Governor of Chakerbakerben Island
1980
NRThe film tells the story of story of a Brahim Boumalfi, a retiree who, after working for fifty years at the same company, has not received a pension in over two years
Brahim Who?
1982
NRThe film tells the story of story of a Brahim Boumalfi, a retiree who, after working for fifty years at the same company, has not received a pension in over two years
Brahim Who?
1982
NRTortured by policemen seeking to extract confessions from him about his shady association with a certain William Shakespeare, Fettah Aberkane falls into a coma. In his agony, he imagines the film he has always dreamed of making.
Look at the King in the Moon
2011
NRTortured by policemen seeking to extract confessions from him about his shady association with a certain William Shakespeare, Fettah Aberkane falls into a coma. In his agony, he imagines the film he has always dreamed of making.
Look at the King in the Moon
2011
NRSalim, a reporter, is having trouble with his wife Nadia. They have lost their passion for each other, and Nadia falls in love with Miloud, Salim's driver. Miloud then murders his boss.
The Night of the Crime
1992
NRSalim, a reporter, is having trouble with his wife Nadia. They have lost their passion for each other, and Nadia falls in love with Miloud, Salim's driver. Miloud then murders his boss.
The Night of the Crime
1992
NRthis film shows the resistance of Berber villagers in the High Atlas against the representatives of the Moroccan administration in the 1960s.
The Years of Exile
2002
NRthis film shows the resistance of Berber villagers in the High Atlas against the representatives of the Moroccan administration in the 1960s.
The Years of Exile
2002
NRAli Brahma visits his homeland for the first time in order to attend his father's funeral. This first trip to Morocco coincides with the trial of serial rapist and police commissioner Mohamed Mustapha Tabet. On the flight back to Paris, Ali meets Zakia Malik. Together, they look into the Tabet trial to write a play and a film script.
Tabite or Not Tabite
2006
NRAli Brahma visits his homeland for the first time in order to attend his father's funeral. This first trip to Morocco coincides with the trial of serial rapist and police commissioner Mohamed Mustapha Tabet. On the flight back to Paris, Ali meets Zakia Malik. Together, they look into the Tabet trial to write a play and a film script.
Tabite or Not Tabite
2006
NRAli Brahma visits his homeland for the first time in order to attend his father's funeral. This first trip to Morocco coincides with the trial of serial rapist and police commissioner Mohamed Mustapha Tabet. On the flight back to Paris, Ali meets Zakia Malik. Together, they look into the Tabet trial to write a play and a film script.
Tabite or Not Tabite
2006