Omar Lotfi

Acting

Omar Lotfi

Born

1983-11-08 (42)

Place of birth

Casablanca, Morocco

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Known for

Ghosts of Beirut poster
6.7

Told from the American, Israeli and Lebanese perspectives, discover one of the greatest espionage stories of modern times: the manhunt for Imad Mughniyeh, the elusive Lebanese terrorist who outwitted his adversaries in the CIA and Mossad for over two decades.

Ghosts of Beirut

2023

No artwork available
NR

A vcd salesman travels from town to town selling his goods. One day, while driving through the outskirts, he is nearly run over by a truck only to quickly realize that this truck is unlike any other.

The road

2013

Salamat Abu Al Banat poster
10.0

Following his retirement, Al-Mokhtar Salamat, a father to three daughters, tries to connect with his family and build bridges of communication and understanding, but he soon realizes that he has been so busy with his job that he couldn't see the changes in their attitudes and ideologies.

Salamat Abu Al Banat

2020

Anger poster
NR

Omar, the miller's son, has been in love with Laila, the daughter of the local landowner, since childhood. In adulthood, Omar has become a promising journalist and writer. He still loves Laila, but she has promised herself to someone else to save her family from bankruptcy...

Anger

2012

Laaziza poster
NR

Laaziza, 7 months pregnant, is rejected without consideration by her husband. She will give birth at her big brother’s house and will live there with her son Ihsan. Few years later, Ihsan will begin his first year at school, when his father shows his desire to have him back.

Laaziza

2018

Three Joys poster
NR

Swailem has three daughters, and his brother Swaileh has three sons. The two work in trade and live next door to each other. As Swailem faces bankruptcy, Swaileh's projects prosper, and Swailem is forced to sell his possessions to him. Some attribute Swailem's misfortune to his daughters, but time will prove otherwise.

Three Joys

2021

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Three Joys poster
NR

Swailem has three daughters, and his brother Swaileh has three sons. The two work in trade and live next door to each other. As Swailem faces bankruptcy, Swaileh's projects prosper, and Swailem is forced to sell his possessions to him. Some attribute Swailem's misfortune to his daughters, but time will prove otherwise.

Three Joys

2021

The Shared House poster
NR

The 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

Achoura poster
5.4

Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.

Achoura

2020

My Dad is not Dead poster
NR

Malik and his father Mehdi live in a funfair where they work as handymen. Mehdi gives his son five special paintings. Curious Malik is dazzled by the beauty of these works. The next day, the two accidentally find themselves in the middle of a political rally. Mehdi is brutalized in front of Malik by two cops who accuse him of propaganda against the government. Later that night, the police burst into the funfair and arrested Mehdi. Shocked, Malik begins searching for his father with the help of the other showmen, finding answers in the paintings his father left behind.

My Dad is not Dead

2023

Mira poster
NR

In a quiet Moroccan village nestled between sun-baked hills, 13-year-old Mira lives with her stern, widowed grandmother, Zainab. Her world is simple. Trees. Traps. The flutter of wings. Mira spends her days freeing wild birds, chasing shadows through pine-scented forests. But one day, strangers arrive. Illegal immigrants. Foreign. Silent. Hunted. They speak in a language she doesn't know – but something in her stirs.

Mira

2025

Casa guira poster
NR

Ismaïl, a former gold robber, is released from prison after serving a twelve-year sentence. Upon his liberation, he reunites with his childhood friend, Nassim, who has just returned from Turkey. Together, the two friends embark on a frantic race to find a missing chest filled with gold.

Casa guira

2025

L'Batal poster
NR

Ali, an amateur actor, gets caught up in a bizarre situation after he posts a compromising selfie on social media. The photo captures Sam with his mistress, Ibtissam. To protect Sam, Ali is asked to pose as her lover. Tricked into believing he is auditioning for a film, Ali agrees to take on the “role.” But Ibtissam is kidnapped by a gang, plunging Ali and his friends into a dangerous adventure.

L'Batal

2024

Jackpot poster
NR

The 90-minute film follows the story of three young men from Casablanca who seek quick wealth by fabricating fake scandals on social media to manipulate the stock market. Guided by a social media influencer and one of the internet's most notorious scammers, their plan initially brings success, until it all unravels when the cybercrime unit begins to close in on them.

Jackpot

2025

2010s · 17 titles

No artwork available
NR

A vcd salesman travels from town to town selling his goods. One day, while driving through the outskirts, he is nearly run over by a truck only to quickly realize that this truck is unlike any other.

The road

2013

Anger poster
NR

Omar, the miller's son, has been in love with Laila, the daughter of the local landowner, since childhood. In adulthood, Omar has become a promising journalist and writer. He still loves Laila, but she has promised herself to someone else to save her family from bankruptcy...

Anger

2012

Laaziza poster
NR

Laaziza, 7 months pregnant, is rejected without consideration by her husband. She will give birth at her big brother’s house and will live there with her son Ihsan. Few years later, Ihsan will begin his first year at school, when his father shows his desire to have him back.

Laaziza

2018

Mirages poster
4.8

Five people with contrasting profiles compete for a position within Matsuika, a multinational corporation recently set up in Morocco. Following an interview with the C.E.O., they are advised to undertake a mysterious test in a secret location. It will determine who will hold the position. All five applicants accept and are led into a distressing bus with no windows. After endless driving, an accident occurs with the candidates trapped in the wreck. Thanks to a joint effort, they manage to evacuate the bus only to find themselves lost in the desert with their driver nowhere to be found. They start to wander, questioning the nature of the accident. Is it part of the test? Despite their will to survive and an urge to find clues, mirages of their most intimate fears begin to haunt them.

Mirages

2011

The unknown love poster
7.0

Halima dreams of marrying her two daughters, Yasmin and Kulthum, to two wealthy young men to secure their future. Her wish will be fulfilled during the funeral of a neighbor, and as the two sisters get to know their future husbands, a modern, bold, and exciting love story will unfold.

The unknown love

2017

Malak poster
NR

Malak, a teen girl, discovers she's pregnant. Rejected by the baby's dad, she faces a world that rejects her for being a single mum.

Malak

2012

Liberté Emprisonnée poster
NR

Mehdi, a young quadriplegic man living with his mother, receives an unexpected gift on his birthday. Through an intimate and sensitive atmosphere, this Moroccan short film by Sara Mikayil explores freedom, desire, and confinement.

Liberté Emprisonnée

2013

Lebs Qedk poster
NR

Safia comes from a poor family but dreams of a better life. She marries Mohsen, an ambitious young man. She borrows an expensive gold necklace from a wealthy friend to show off at a wedding, but discovers afterward that the necklace is missing. The story develops around the consequences of her ambition, spending and desire to appear wealthy.

Lebs Qedk

2017

No artwork available
NR

During a reception organized on the occasion of Ghita's 44th anniversary, friends and family members of Said and Ghita will be confronted with unexpected events serious enough to provoke disturbing reactions, starting points of questioning the little material and emotional comforts by which all this little world was surrounded.

The Birthday

2014

The Night of a Lifetime poster
NR

A wealthy family is celebrating their son's wedding at a luxurious villa when, amidst the festivities, the groom collapses and dies. It is revealed that he was poisoned, triggering a criminal investigation; Inspector Soufiane rules no one out—including the bride, guests, musicians, and the event planner—before the inquiry ultimately uncovers unexpected results.

The Night of a Lifetime

2016

Stranded poster
5.2

Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly located, but there are no survivors, just a suitcase stamped “Top Secret”. Stormed by enemy soldiers, the troops find refuge in a strange abandoned citadel. Despite warnings from the place’s Guardian to leave at once, they wake up the Djinns, the evil spirits of the desert .

Stranded

2010

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

SAGA, l'histoire des hommes qui ne reviennent jamais poster
NR

1964, after the death of his father, for which he feels guilty, Lahcen decides to leave his native village in the Moroccan Atlas to start over a new life in Tangier. He works as a nurse with his friend Omar. Nothing seemed to look awkward until Omar tries to involve Lahcen into a suspicious case of organ trafficking. Tired of the psychological influence of Omar, Lahcen, seeking redemption, ends up heading back to his village where he could meet back his inner peace. 40 years later, Lahcen is arrested for an alleged trafficking in Tangier. To clear his father Ali, undertakes a journey through the past of his father. During his quest, he will cross the path of Said, the brother he never thought he had.

SAGA, l'histoire des hommes qui ne reviennent jamais

2014

The Miscreants poster
7.0

On the order of their spiritual leader, three young Islamists kidnap a group of actors who are about to go on tour with their latest show.

The Miscreants

2011

The Rif Lover poster
NR

Aya only dreams of finding love like her favorite opera character Carmen. But the person who steals her heart is a powerful hashish trafficker known as The Baron. After buying her virginity from her brothers, he soon reveals himself to be an illusory prince charming.

The Rif Lover

2011

A Day and a Night poster
NR

In a remote village in the mountains, Yzza is still waiting for the monthly package of medicine that her husband Hossein sends to treat their daughter. Failing to have the medicine being a matter of life and death, Yzza decides to go to Casablanca to fetch it. Without a proper address and with little money in her bag, this inexperienced, religious, naïve woman does not even fathom that Casablanca is an enormous metropolis, very far from her little rural village. Yzza’s bag is stolen and in her misfortune Yzza meets a young woman, a prostitute wanted by the police. From adventure to adventure, Yzza discovers the workings of an absurd society where her sensible codes are pushed and shoved. Director Naoufel Berraoui skillfully knits the portrayal of a city swarming with cars and people with the dramatic lives of his characters. A remarkable cast directed with sensitivity in a poignant drama with documentary-like accents.

A Day and a Night

2013

Masood Saida and Saadan poster
8.0

Masood, freshly released from prison, is tasked with finding Saida, a cabaret dancer who has stolen a mafia's safe key, leading to chaos when a monkey named Saadan swallows the key, triggering a series of unexpected adventures.

Masood Saida and Saadan

2019

Undated · 3 titles

Series credits

Ghosts of Beirut poster
6.7

Told from the American, Israeli and Lebanese perspectives, discover one of the greatest espionage stories of modern times: the manhunt for Imad Mughniyeh, the elusive Lebanese terrorist who outwitted his adversaries in the CIA and Mossad for over two decades.

Ghosts of Beirut

2023

Salamat Abu Al Banat poster
10.0

Following his retirement, Al-Mokhtar Salamat, a father to three daughters, tries to connect with his family and build bridges of communication and understanding, but he soon realizes that he has been so busy with his job that he couldn't see the changes in their attitudes and ideologies.

Salamat Abu Al Banat

2020

Al Madi La Yamout poster
10.0

As the famous lawyer Saad El Ghali lives a quiet life with his family, things take a shocking turn, the father tries hard to keep his family together, despite their vengeance-driven stories and their psychological conflicts and traumas.

Al Madi La Yamout

2019

One Thousand and One Nights with Fifi Abdou poster
10.0

Fifi Abdo is hosting a number of stars to participate in an artistic work produced by her entitled “One Thousand and One Nights,” but what they do not know is that they will be victims of an unexpected prank.

One Thousand and One Nights with Fifi Abdou

2026

Hmimou poster
7.0

Hmimou is a young man suffering from autism who needs great treatment and attention, and this is what he will not find in light of his family's difficult circumstances and their lack of concern for him. But as fate would have it, he meets a professor and at the same time a psychiatrist who is an expert in this type of disease, so it was decided to take care of him and accompany him until his normal condition is restored.

Hmimou

2015

جيب داركم poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

جيب داركم

2024

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