A Thousand and One Hands

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A Thousand and One Hands
Directed bySouheil Ben-Barka
Written byAhmed Badry, Cerami Vincenza
StarringAbdou Chaibane, Aissa Ghazi, Mimsy Farmer
CinematographyGirolamo Larosa
Edited byAbdeslam Agnaou
Music byAbdou Tahar
Release date
1972
Running time
71 minutes
Country Morocco
Language Moroccan Arabic

A Thousand and One Hands (French: Les Mille et Une Mains, Arabic : Alf yad wa yad en arabe) is a 1973 Moroccan film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] It was screened abroad and received critical acclaim despite being censored in Morocco. [10] [11] [12]

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Synopsis

In Marrakech, veteran dyer Moha and his son Miloud carry bundles of woolen thread. Thus begins the painstaking work of weaving carpets destined for sale abroad, and the hard work of the men, women and girls. With hardly any dialogue, the film illustrates the inhuman conditions of workers and the class struggle in Morocco in the 1970s. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. ↑ "IFcinéma - Les Mille et une mains". ifcinema.institutfrancais.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  3. ↑ "Africiné - Mille et une mains (Les)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  4. ↑ Larousse, Éditions. "les Mille et Une Mains - LAROUSSE". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  5. ↑ "Articles sur Mille et une mains | Revues de cinéma". calindex.eu. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  6. ↑ A Thousand and One Hands , retrieved 2021-11-16
  7. ↑ "A Thousand And One Hands (Les Mille Et Une Mains) | Film | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  8. ↑ Cinescope (2018-09-25). "A Thousand and One Hands (Film)" . Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  9. 1 2 Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01. ISBN   978-2-84586-060-5.
  10. ↑ "" Les Mille et Une Mains ", de Souhel Ben Barka". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1974-02-01. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  11. ↑ "LES MILLE ET UNE MAINS – Fondo Fílmico del FCAT – Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  12. ↑ Kuhn, Annette; Westwell, Guy (2012-06-21). A Dictionary of Film Studies. OUP Oxford. ISBN   978-0-19-958726-1.
  13. ↑ Stefanson, Blandine; Petty, Sheila (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. ISBN   978-1-78320-391-8.
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