Razzia is a film directed by nabil ayouch with maryam touzani, arieh worthalter, amine ennaji, abdelilah rachid, year. Much loved nabil ayouch the european independent film. A complex and involving compound portrait of the upheaval caused by creeping theocracy and ingrained attitudes, razzia skillfully. Razzia is mostly set in casablanca and characters frequently discuss the 1942 film casablanca. He is a member academy of motion picture arts and sciences the oscars, the academy of caesars and is part of the founding board of the arab film academy. The movie directed by nabil ayouch and cowritten by ayouch and maryam touzani who also stars in the film, centers on how 5 main characters try to find their. With maryam touzani, arieh worthalter, amine ennaji, abdelilah rachid. Rabat morocco did not make the cut for the upcoming 2018 oscar for best foreign film. Both much loved and razzia 2017 opened at the cannes film festival, and ayouch also became the first moroccan director invited as a lifetime member of the academy of motion picture. Razzia is a 2017 moroccan drama film directed by nabil ayouch. The movie directed by nabil ayouch and cowritten by ayouch and maryam touzani who also stars in the film, centers on how 5 main characters try to find their own paths amidst the upheavals going on in their country regarding a more modern nation vs.
Fair enough, it is presenting a set of challenging and confusing decisions with which its cast of characters must grapple. After his successful debut mektoub 1997, he founded ali n productions, a production company with which he helped young filmmakers develop. Nabil ayouchs critical multithreaded homage to morocco. Thrusting the audience headfirst into their lives though, makes it difficult to pick out significant links until the film is well underway. Diff 2017 razzia dubai international film festival. Razzia film by nabil ayouch razzia a powerful and intelligent movie. Avec maryam touzani, arieh worthalter, dounia binebine, amine ennaji, abdelilah rachid. Nabil ayouch born april 1, 1969 is a television and film director, producer and writer of moroccan descent. Both much loved and razzia 2017 opened at the cannes film festival, and ayouch also became the first moroccan director invited as a lifetime member of the academy of. The streets of casablanca provide the centerpiece for five separate narratives that all. The film has been banned in morocco for its contempt for moral values and the moroccan woman. Nabil ayouch 1969, france started his career making commercials. Ayouch continues with this audaciousness, creating multiple stories in razzia that explore a modern morocco in times of unrest, oppression, and sexual yearning. Nabil ayouch morocco everyone knows movies like magnolia, love actually, and pulp fiction, which follow a bunch of different characters and subplots, which end up colliding by the end.
Dec 01, 2017 its as if, with each new film, nabil ayouch struggles to reenvision the world, while marrying the multiple parts of his own complex identity. Ayouch brushes aside all nostalgia and exoticism to reveal a city on the verge of a major upheaval. The narrative of each character overlaps at the end of the film where, at its climax, audiences finally see the anxieties and fears of moroccan youth spill over into the streets. One city, casablanca as a fragment of reality, as the myth of a film entirely shot in. Razzia, nabil ayouchs new film finally released in. Four souls in search of truth, thirty years after a passionate teacher in the atlas mountains was put to silence. An intimate and candid drama about the life of prostitutes in marrakesh. A kindhearted school teacher, a woman married to a misogynist, a jewish restaurant owner looking for sexual encounters, and two stories of budding youth in a turbulent countrythese all encapsulate the multilayered, intense, kaleidoscope film that is razzia. Spanning three decades and several storylines, director nabil ayouch weaves an intricate tale of lost loves, forbidden desires, and fragile dreams in modern day morocco. It was selected as the moroccan entry for the best foreign language film at the 90th academy awards, but it was not nominated. After raising eyebrows over the legality of its participation in the oscars, nabil ayouchs razzia ended. Razzia is a confusing and rather muddled state of affairs. These films can be really great in the hands of the right filmmaker, and nabil ayouch was talented enough to pull it off.
Frenchmoroccan film director nabil ayouch was born in paris to a muslim. Four women, four prostitutes, four characters superbly interpreted by four daring moroccans. In 1997, nabil ayouch directed his first feature film, mektoub which, like ali zaoua 2000. A kaleidoscopic drama, razzia tells the story of five moroccans pushed to the fringes in casablanca by the extremist government. One city, casablanca as a fragment of reality, as the myth of a film. It was screened in the directors fortnight section at the 2015 cannes film festival. It was selected as the moroccan entry for the best foreign language film at the 90th academy. Released 2017, razzia stars maryam touzani, arieh worthalter, amine ennaji, abdelilah rachid the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. He was born in paris, to a moroccanmuslim father and a tunisianjewish mother, although he spent a large part of his childhood in sarcelles. Sep 09, 2017 moroccan writerdirector nabil ayouch much loved follows the fate of several characters living in casablanca in the toronto platform premiere, razzia. The moroccan entry for the 2018 academy awards, razzia was the opening night film at the 2018 new york jewish film festival.
The realization, the actor and the photography as well as the scenario are particularly successful. Five people who are connected to each other abdallah, salima, joe, hakim, and ines without realizing it. A series of special screenings of films reflecting on social andor political. Oct 02, 2015 with much loved, francomoroccan director nabil ayouch immerses us, body and soul, into the daytoday life of four women who sell their bodies every night in marrakesh. Nabil ayouch and maryam touzani speak to jordan elgrably. The hollywood reporter nabil ayouch much loved, horses of god deftly weaves an intricate tale of lost love, forbidden desire, and fragile dreams in modernday morocco, merging five narratives in one tumultuous event on the streets of casablanca. Through this film, the director and screenwriter tells us about the evolution and tightness of societies. Nabil ayouch offers up a potent and fascinating mosaic of a film about dreams, and the trials and struggles of. Francomoroccan filmmaker nabil ayouch tells melanie goodfellow how his latest work razzia grew out of controversy around his last film much loved. Nabil ayouch returns to dubai international film festival diff for the fifth time with his searing critique of moroccan society razzia, which plays in the muhr feature competition and is his. In 1997, nabil ayouch directed his first feature film, mektoub which, like ali zaoua 2000 represented morocco at the oscars. Director nabil ayouch contrasts the mythic romance of the classic 1941 film casablanca with an honest and deeply humanistic portrait of contemporary moroccans yearning for connection amidst political cri. Nabil ayouch paris, 1969 much loved was positive received and many times awarded in international festivals as the same time was censored in morocco.
In 2006, he launched meda films development, to support filmmakers from countries on the southern side of the mediterranean. Like novelist tahar ben jelloun and artist mounir fatmi, who also divide their time between paris and morocco, ayouch is among a small elite that gets away with criticising his country. Razzia, nabil ayouchs new film finally released in morocco. When it comes to making movies about morocco, tough love is the only way director nabil ayouch can fully express himself. Different faces, different struggles, but one same breath. The son of a french tunisian jewish mother and a moroccan muslim father from casablanca, ayouch is a dual national. A premiere will be held in casablanca, before the film crew goes on tour in several cities of the kingdom, including rabat, tangier, fez, meknes, marrakech, agadir and khouribga, during the. Much loved intervista a nabil ayouch by funweekcinema. His father is moroccan and his mother is of tunisian origin. In 1997, nabil ayouch directed his first feature film, mektoub, which has represented morocco at the oscars. The picture at the top of this article is not of nabil ayouch. Andrew in conversation with nabil ayouch on his film much loved. After raising eyebrows over the legality of its participation in the oscars, nabil ayouchs.
Moroccan writerdirector nabil ayouch much loved follows the fate of several characters living in casablanca in the toronto platform premiere, razzia. I just forbid myself from considering anything off limits, he said in an interview. Razzia moroccan director nabil ayouch courts controversy with this everythingisconnected drama about five characters snared by intolerance. Hakim, living in the conservative medina, dreams of being a rock star. After being screened at several international festivals in 2017, nabil ayouchs razzia will be released on february 14, 2018 in moroccan cinemas. A casablanca, entre le passe et le present, cinq destinees sont reliees sans le savoir. After three years of course of theatre in paris 19871990.
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