Writing
Abdelilah Hamdouchi
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Writing
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Abdelilah Hamdouchi, one of the first writers of police fiction in the Arabic language, was born in Meknès, Morocco, in 1958. His police novels—which dialogue with current democratic and human rights reform in Morocco—include The Blind Whale (1997), Saint Janjah (1999), The White Fly (2000), The Final Bet (2001), and Bled Dry (2009). The Final Bet was published, in Jonathan Smolin's English translation, by American University Press in Cairo in 2008. Hamdouchi is also a prolific and award-winning screenwriter. Among his many film and television credits, he has written the scripts for seven police thrillers. He lives in Rabat, Morocco
Known for
NRThe film tells the story of Saida, a married woman with a daughter, who works as an employee in a company and lives a quiet and happy life, Saida is kidnapped by a taxi driver who rapes her with his friend. For fear of scandal, she hides what she was exposed to from the police and from her husband, to whom she only tells that she was robbed.
Saida
2002
NRThe story follows three young men, an engineer, a professor, and a scientist, who live under one roof, as well as Rahma, the young woman who handles the house chores. Problems begin when Rahma discovers her pregnancy, and she claims that Tawfiq is the father.
The Shared House
2020
NRFive women from the great city of CASABLANCA, a source of economic, social, and civilizational progress. There are five divorced women from different social strata, and are professionally active in various fields. These women try to rebuild their lives, in an unequal society, dominated by prejudices against divorced women, and ignorance of the rules of law governing the status of women.
The Divorcees Of Casablanca
2023
Behind the camera
NRThe film tells the story of Saida, a married woman with a daughter, who works as an employee in a company and lives a quiet and happy life, Saida is kidnapped by a taxi driver who rapes her with his friend. For fear of scandal, she hides what she was exposed to from the police and from her husband, to whom she only tells that she was robbed.
Saida
2002
NRThe story follows three young men, an engineer, a professor, and a scientist, who live under one roof, as well as Rahma, the young woman who handles the house chores. Problems begin when Rahma discovers her pregnancy, and she claims that Tawfiq is the father.
The Shared House
2020
NRFive women from the great city of CASABLANCA, a source of economic, social, and civilizational progress. There are five divorced women from different social strata, and are professionally active in various fields. These women try to rebuild their lives, in an unequal society, dominated by prejudices against divorced women, and ignorance of the rules of law governing the status of women.
The Divorcees Of Casablanca
2023