Tabite or Not Tabite

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Tabite or Not Tabite
Directed byNabyl Lahlou
Written byNabyl Lahlou
StarringNabyl Lahlou, Sophia Hadi, Amal Ayouch
CinematographyMostapha Marjane
Edited byNabyl Lahlou
Production
company
Loukkos Film
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
132 min
Country Morocco
Language Moroccan Arabic
Budget170.000 MAD

Tabite or Not Tabite is a 2005 Moroccan drama film directed by Nabyl Lahlou. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The film was inspired by the trial of Mohamed Tabet. [7] [8] Tabet's family filed a complaint to prohibit the preview of the film. Summoned to court in Rabat, the director successfully pleaded his case himself, arguing that it was his duty to make films about this period. The preview was ultimately held at the Mohamed V Theater in Rabat. [9] [3]

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Synopsis

Ali Brahma visits his homeland for the first time in order to attend his father's funeral. This first trip to Morocco coincides with the trial of police commissioner and serial rapist Mohamed Mustapha Tabit. On the flight back to Paris, Ali meets Zakia Malik. Together, they look into the Tabet trial to write a play and a film script. [3] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Africiné - Tabite or not Tabite". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  3. 1 2 3 MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - "Tabite or not Tabite"". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. ↑ Orlando, Valérie K. (2011-05-05). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. ISBN   978-0-89680-478-4.
  5. ↑ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-35116-6.
  6. ↑ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN   978-2-8111-4250-6.
  7. ↑ Gugler, Josef (2011-01-15). Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. ISBN   978-0-292-72327-6.
  8. 1 2 Orlando, Valerie; Orlando, Valérie K. (2011-05-24). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. ISBN   978-0-89680-281-0.
  9. ↑ Telquel 2006, 252 : 70
  10. ↑ "jurynat7". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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