Section: Long Films
Country: Morocco, France, Belgium
Production Year: 2012
Runtime: 115 Minutes
Director: Nabil Ayouch
Screenwriter: Jamal Belmahi, based on the novel "The Stars of Sidi Moumen" by Mahi Binebine
Cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie
Editor: Damien Keyeux
Music Composer: Malvina Meinier
Cast: Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani
Synopsis: Yachine is a ten years-old boy who lives with his family in the slums of Sidi Moumen, Casablanca. When his thirteen years-old brother Hamid is arrested, Yachine takes up odd jobs to get free from violence, misery, and drugs. Years later, Hamid, now a young man, is released from jail as an Islamic fundamentalist. He returns home to persuade Yachine to join a group whose spiritual leader tells them they have been chosen to become martyrs.
