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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | ||||||
| Le Grand Voyage (1981) | Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi | Ali Hassan, Nadia Atbib, Abdellah Serouali, Jillali Ferhati | ||||
| L’Oiseau du paradis | Hamid Bensaïd | Abdelkebir Benbich, Fatima Sahli | ||||
| Poupées de roseau | Jilali Ferhati | Chaâbia Adraoui, Souad Touhami, Jillali Ferhati, Ibtissam Moutalib, Ahmed Ferhati, Ahmed Boudaoudi | Mélodrama | A study of female oppression | ||
| Trances | Ahmed El Maânouni | Nass El Ghiwane's members | Documentary | |||
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Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of 446,300 km2 (172,300 sq mi) or 716,550 km2 (276,660 sq mi),, and with a population of roughly 37 million Citizens. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber (Tamazight); French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, African and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca.
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Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. It was produced by Granada Television for broadcast by the ITV network. Significant elements of it were directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who handled the initial phases of the production, before Charles Sturridge carried on with the series. The first episode is credited to both men equally.
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