Fadila Benmoussa

Acting

Fadila Benmoussa

Born

1959-05-16 (67)

Place of birth

Marrakech, Morocco

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Fadila Benmoussa is a Moroccan actress, born in Marrakesh in 1959. She started with the amateur theater in 1977, and moved to professionalism in 1981. Ever since that time she has become a familiar face to Moroccan viewers, especially with her "Marrakesh accent" that distinguishes her. She spent more than seven years with the Marrakech El-Wafa Ensemble, where she participated in several plays. Among her works are: The Clandestine (2010), Reserved Travel (2018) and Comfort and Tourism (2010).

Known for

Hideous Kinky poster
5.9

In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and precocious eight-year-old Bea.

Hideous Kinky

1999

Those Who Incited Aicha poster
NR

It follows Aicha, who rebelled against her husband and was determined to file for divorce as a result of the instigation of a number of people around her. After the divorce takes place, she finds herself abandoned by everyone, even those who incited her to do so.

Those Who Incited Aicha

2022

Menni Mnek poster
NR

After many years of marriage, Saleh and Radhia begin having serious problems. Their constant arguments and blame turn them into almost strangers living under the same roof. Their son Slimane and his wife try to reconcile them, while their neighbors also get involved, leading to a series of comedic situations.

Menni Mnek

2022

The Researcher poster
NR

Al Bahit (The Researcher) – A man obsessed with cracking the lottery system becomes convinced he has discovered a foolproof method to predict winning numbers. Drawing others into his scheme, he risks everything in pursuit of easy wealth—only to face the harsh consequences of addiction, illusion, and misplaced trust.

The Researcher

2007

Moul Lmlih poster
10.0

Larbi sells sandwiches in his mobile cart and wants to develop himself, while his younger brother Abbas is unemployed. Their lives change when Abbas discovers a secret cooking recipe that will be the origin of their fortune, but the cost of success will come at the expense of their relationship.

Moul Lmlih

2022

Rihlat Al Omr poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rihlat Al Omr

2024

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

Those Who Incited Aicha poster
NR

It follows Aicha, who rebelled against her husband and was determined to file for divorce as a result of the instigation of a number of people around her. After the divorce takes place, she finds herself abandoned by everyone, even those who incited her to do so.

Those Who Incited Aicha

2022

Menni Mnek poster
NR

After many years of marriage, Saleh and Radhia begin having serious problems. Their constant arguments and blame turn them into almost strangers living under the same roof. Their son Slimane and his wife try to reconcile them, while their neighbors also get involved, leading to a series of comedic situations.

Menni Mnek

2022

Uncle Nawfal poster
NR

The story of a couple who were unable to have a child, so they decide to adopt an elderly man, which exposes them to criticism from those around them. Perhaps their agreement on this choice is due to the fact that they lived as orphans when they were young, and they desire someone to compensate for the tenderness of their lost father.

Uncle Nawfal

2021

Coucou Labnat poster
NR

The film follows Ali and Halima, a young married couple who struggle with infertility. Halima becomes increasingly immersed in social media and eventually starts a YouTube channel sharing their daily life and personal problems. Their content becomes popular and profitable, but exposing their private life for views and followers ultimately causes serious problems in their marriage.

Coucou Labnat

2023

The Brothers poster
NR

"Al Ikhwan" is a social comedy that tells the story of 3 friends (Zreka, Charo, and Abdelssadek), from a slum in Casablanca, who consider themselves brothers. Each of them has their story, their concerns, their problems, but they all share the same thing: failure in their lives marked by poverty, unemployment and marginalization... By seeking to create a buzz at through a video shot by the 3 young people, they were polarized and manipulated because of their naivety and carelessness and thus found themselves pursued by a search warrant against them throughout the national territory. .

The Brothers

2022

2010s · 13 titles

the clandestine poster
7.0

The film's events revolve around Khaled, who supports a family of three after his father's death and works as a taxi driver. His life is turned upside down when he tries to help Mrs Souad, whom he met at the airport, as she discovers that her husband is connected to the Italian mafia. He helps her smuggle her father out of a psychiatric hospital where he was thrown by the gang that convinced her that he is not alive.

the clandestine

2010

Comfort and Tourism poster
NR

A man convinces his brother-in-law to marry a foreign womanl to facilitate his obtainment of foreign nationality and improve their living conditions, but an unpleasant surprise awaits the brothers as the girl's scheme gradually unfolds.

Comfort and Tourism

2010

Moul Ihsae poster
NR

Lotfi, a census enumerator (counting demographics) or at least that's what he claims. Visits a neighborhood full of nutcases to interview and "count" them but everything quickly turns into a huge mess in a hilarious comedic frame full of twists about the Moroccan society..

Moul Ihsae

2017

La Main de Fadma poster
7.0

Fadma is an active Moroccan woman, a mother who, after the death of her husband, raised her two children alone: Ahmed is her pride and joy, having succeeded in France, and Karim is the eccentric artist who still lives with her. Sensing danger around her son Ahmed, she decides to visit him in France. And it's here that she discovers the problem of her granddaughter Julie-Aïcha, a teenager in search of her identity. Fadma and Julie-Aïcha discover a new shared passion.

La Main de Fadma

2016

The Wolf's Wedding poster
8.0

In the late 1940s, during the French colonial period in Morocco, El Kamla, a widow who had lost her son, is forced by her father to marry El Hajj Ismail, who has just lost his wife. She moves into her husband's house and begins regularly running away from home to search for her missing son.

The Wolf's Wedding

2013

Larbi poster
NR

The film was inspired by the life of football player Larbi Benbarek.

Larbi

2010

Al Farrouj poster
2.0

Michel, a French national, lives in the Riad adjoining the house of Boujemâa and turns it into a guest house. The noise resulting from the tourist activities and songs of the rooster poisons the relations between the two neighbors.

Al Farrouj

2015

Mol lhonda poster
NR

Hamid tries to reconnect his lonely mother-in-law with her Uncaring children

Mol lhonda

2019

Lahnech poster
6.0

Farid lives with his mother in the medina. Still a bachelor, he draws a modest income by extorting vendors and small shop-owners by impersonating a policeman. Every day, he dons the uniform, a fake gun and handcuffs, puts on a show, and does the rounds – blissfully unaware that the real police force has him under surveillance, suspecting he might be a member of the criminal underground. Officer Bouchra is sent in, her mission to get close to him and gather information first-hand. Driss Mrini’s uproarious comedy had a successful run at the box office, and showcases the talent of a host of Moroccan film stars..

Lahnech

2017

KORSA poster
NR

Maati, owner of a hearse, is charged by the family of the deceased to transport the body of their relative from Marrakech to Tetouan for his burial following his will. Accompanied by his pregnant wife, the couple will face tragi-comical events and conflicting situations during their journey where they realize the greed and egoism of the family of the deceased whose only purpose is to sharing the inheritance ...

KORSA

2018

Zman Kenza poster
7.0

Kenza has lived alone since the death of her husband, a 60-year-old woman. All of her children are married and have concerns that have made their visits to her home decrease over time. To keep the children in constant touch with their mother, they agreed to give her a cell phone. Kenza, who wanted to see her three children every day, was not convinced of this solution, because she believes that her children's spouses are the owners of the idea and the decision. The three sons were unable to balance the needs of their small family with their mother who needed their help and care, so they decided to find a suitable husband for her.

Zman Kenza

2011

The Transporters poster
7.5

Salah is a young delinquent who finds himself forced by a band of criminals who kidnapped his mother to carry out a dangerous transaction and transport a shipment of drugs from Marrakech to Tangier.

The Transporters

2015

كبرو ومبغاوش يخويو الدار poster
NR

The film deals in a comic form with many social problems prevalent in Moroccan society, such as unemployment, immigration and begging, through the story of a father who could not get rid of the burden of his four children after failing to depend on themselves despite their old age, while unemployed children are forced to seek any solution, even if they are not correct, such as begging, fraud and drug use, in search of escape from their uncompromising father, who was a former boxer, and who does not hesitate to taunt them when he can.

كبرو ومبغاوش يخويو الدار

2019

2000s · 7 titles

The Researcher poster
NR

Al Bahit (The Researcher) – A man obsessed with cracking the lottery system becomes convinced he has discovered a foolproof method to predict winning numbers. Drawing others into his scheme, he risks everything in pursuit of easy wealth—only to face the harsh consequences of addiction, illusion, and misplaced trust.

The Researcher

2007

His Mother's Son poster
7.0

Idris lives with his mother in an antique house in Marrakech; Idris is the only son of his mother who cares for him a lot, especially after the death of the father. Idris usually does not dare to take any step without the approval of his mother, who is working hard to marry her son through the traditional method, after completing forty years as a celibate, the mother tries to find the right girl to be the wife of her spoiled son

His Mother's Son

2009

Moroccan Dream poster
NR

Said, a Moroccan émigré in Switzerland,arrives one day in a village in the High Atlas. He announced from the start the reason for his arrival in the village. He did not come to go sightseeing or visit family, but his reasons are professional or rather pecuniary. Said tells villagers that he has come to recruit young people who, after an accelerated training in Europe, will become future athletes like Hicham El Guerrouj. Soon the inhabitants of the village, women and children, are interested. They all dream of changing the course of their lives.

Moroccan Dream

2007

The Bitter Orange poster
6.5

Souadia's monotonous life changes after an encounter with a police officer (Amin) next to an orange tree

The Bitter Orange

2007

El Makroum poster
NR

Suddenly, Omar a worn-out garment salesman, finds himself among the rich of the ancient city of Marrakech, finds himself among the rich of the ancient city of Marrakech, after he found a large sum of money in a pile of clothes, He decides to change his life, wearing a modern suit, and starts illegitimate with another girl, hoping to enjoy the happiness and tenderness that he missed during his marriage of Latifa.

El Makroum

2005

No artwork available
NR

A Moroccan citizen named Mansour emigrated abroad for more than twenty-five years during which he left his wife carrying a daughter, suffering after that from the torment of conscience to leave his daughter, so he decides to return to his country and compensate his daughter for depriving her, without knowing his truth

Mansour returns

2009

Abdou With The Almohades poster
8.5

Abdou is tricked into an experiment by American researchers and is suddenly propelled into a distant civilization, that of the Almohad dynasty who ruled the great Maghreb and Muslim Spain from 1147 to 1269 during the reign of Yaqub Al Mansour.

Abdou With The Almohades

2006

Series credits