Directing

Abdelhai El iraqi

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Known for

The Scent of the Sea poster
NR

Following an unpunished crime, a village of fishermen in northern Morocco is rising up around Simo against the local drug boss.

The Scent of the Sea

2007

No artwork available
7.0

A police duo investigates different crimes. One of them is a brilliant policeman, while his mother is blind and has the unusual ability to revisit the past and predict the future.

Mi Taja

2008

Ali Ya Ali poster
NR

Ali is a seven-year-old autistic boy who does not speak and behaves differently from other children. He has a deep fascination with trees and nature. His mother, Jamila, struggles with the judgment and misunderstanding surrounding her son's condition. When she loses her job, the family's situation becomes even more difficult. Her shy and lonely colleague Bachir makes a courageous and selfless gesture for Ali, potentially changing the course of the family's life.

Ali Ya Ali

2017

Fez Summer '55 poster
10.0

Summer 1955. Kamal, an 11 year old boy of the Medina of Fez, is experiencing the last months before Morocco's independence. With Aïcha and the students of the Qaraouiyine, he discovers and takes part in the fight for freedom. These 3 months will change his life.

Fez Summer '55

2023

Love in the Medina poster
NR

In the Medina of Casablanca, Thami, a young man from a conservative family with a lineage of honourable Koranic lawyers, incenses his father as he decides to enter the profession of butchery. Whilst handling the meats, he soon discovers another taboo passion: women and love. “Love in the Medina” is about a journey of initiation, a quest for freedom and Thami’s revolution of romance in ever-changing Morocco.

Love in the Medina

2011

Mona Saber poster
7.0

Mona, a young Parisienne, learns that her real father is Moroccan. The only traces of his existence are a name, Mahmoud Saber, a black-and-white photo and a love letter to her mother. She decides to set off for Morocco in search of this man, whose existence turns out to be enigmatic, on a journey that takes her from Casablanca to Essaouira and turns into a journey of discovery.

Mona Saber

2001

Behind the camera

The Scent of the Sea poster
NR

Following an unpunished crime, a village of fishermen in northern Morocco is rising up around Simo against the local drug boss.

The Scent of the Sea

2007

No artwork available
7.0

A police duo investigates different crimes. One of them is a brilliant policeman, while his mother is blind and has the unusual ability to revisit the past and predict the future.

Mi Taja

2008

Ali Ya Ali poster
NR

Ali is a seven-year-old autistic boy who does not speak and behaves differently from other children. He has a deep fascination with trees and nature. His mother, Jamila, struggles with the judgment and misunderstanding surrounding her son's condition. When she loses her job, the family's situation becomes even more difficult. Her shy and lonely colleague Bachir makes a courageous and selfless gesture for Ali, potentially changing the course of the family's life.

Ali Ya Ali

2017

Ali Ya Ali poster
NR

Ali is a seven-year-old autistic boy who does not speak and behaves differently from other children. He has a deep fascination with trees and nature. His mother, Jamila, struggles with the judgment and misunderstanding surrounding her son's condition. When she loses her job, the family's situation becomes even more difficult. Her shy and lonely colleague Bachir makes a courageous and selfless gesture for Ali, potentially changing the course of the family's life.

Ali Ya Ali

2017

Fez Summer '55 poster
10.0

Summer 1955. Kamal, an 11 year old boy of the Medina of Fez, is experiencing the last months before Morocco's independence. With Aïcha and the students of the Qaraouiyine, he discovers and takes part in the fight for freedom. These 3 months will change his life.

Fez Summer '55

2023

Love in the Medina poster
NR

In the Medina of Casablanca, Thami, a young man from a conservative family with a lineage of honourable Koranic lawyers, incenses his father as he decides to enter the profession of butchery. Whilst handling the meats, he soon discovers another taboo passion: women and love. “Love in the Medina” is about a journey of initiation, a quest for freedom and Thami’s revolution of romance in ever-changing Morocco.

Love in the Medina

2011

Love in the Medina poster
NR

In the Medina of Casablanca, Thami, a young man from a conservative family with a lineage of honourable Koranic lawyers, incenses his father as he decides to enter the profession of butchery. Whilst handling the meats, he soon discovers another taboo passion: women and love. “Love in the Medina” is about a journey of initiation, a quest for freedom and Thami’s revolution of romance in ever-changing Morocco.

Love in the Medina

2011

Mona Saber poster
7.0

Mona, a young Parisienne, learns that her real father is Moroccan. The only traces of his existence are a name, Mahmoud Saber, a black-and-white photo and a love letter to her mother. She decides to set off for Morocco in search of this man, whose existence turns out to be enigmatic, on a journey that takes her from Casablanca to Essaouira and turns into a journey of discovery.

Mona Saber

2001

No artwork available
NR

Nadia, a medical student from a wealthy family, who is the victim of a deviant man named Hamza, whom she has known through the Internet, finds herself a victim of fraud

Toile d'Araignée

2016