| Look at the King in the Moon | |
|---|---|
| Regarde le roi dans la lune | |
| Directed by | Nabyl Lahlou |
| Written by | Nabyl Lahlou |
| Produced by | Nabyl Lahlou |
| Starring | Sophia Hadi, Nabyl Lahlou, Mehdi Piro |
| Cinematography | Ahmed Zine Bessa, Mostapha Marjane |
| Edited by | Noun Lam |
| Music by | Younes Megri |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Morocco |
| Language | Moroccan Arabic |
Look at the King in the Moon (French: Regarde le roi dans la lune) is a 2011 film directed by Nabyl Lahlou. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival. [5]
Tortured by policemen seeking to extract confessions from him about his shady association with a certain William Shakespeare, Fettah Aberkane falls into a coma. In his agony, he imagines the film he has always dreamed of making.
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