''Mektoub'' is a 1997 French-Moroccan
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Nabil Ayouch
Nabil Ayouch (born 1 April 1969) is a Franco-Moroccan television and film director, producer, and writer. His films have been screened at international film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival and Montreal World Film Festival.
Early li ...
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The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
71st Academy Awards
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p. ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Rachid El Ouali as Dr. Taoufik Raoui
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Faouzi Bensaïdi
Faouzi Bensaïdi (; born 14 March 1967) is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film '' A Thousand Months'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2007 and 2009 he has taken p ...
as Kamel Raoui
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Amal Chabli as Sophia Raoui
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Mohammed Miftah
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
as Inspector Kabir
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Malika Oufkir
Malika Oufkir () (born April 2, 1953) is a Moroccan Berber writer and former victim of enforced disappearance. She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.
Biography
Malika Ouf ...
as The Village Chief
See also
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References
External links
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1997 films
1997 drama films
French drama films
Moroccan drama films
1990s Arabic-language films
Films directed by Nabil Ayouch
Films produced by Étienne Comar
1990s French films
Arabic-language drama films
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