Three Moroccan Films Awarded at Carthage Film Festival
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- 09 Nov 2022
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The Carthage Film Festival is one of the oldest film festivals on the African continent and in the Arabic-speaking world.
Three Moroccan films, namely Life Suits Me Well, The Slave, and A Summer in Boujad were awarded at the 33rd Carthage Film Festival (JCC), which took place from October 29 to November 5 in Tunisia.
Life Suits Me Well directed by Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand and starring Samir Guesmi, Lubna Azabal, and Sayyid El Alami won the festival's Critics' Week award.
Director and film critic Serge Albert Toubiana, who served as the jury's president described Life Suits Me Well as “a potent film that depicts a human portrait and conveys an understanding of the family wounds through outstanding performances and captivating images.”
The film is set in a small town in northern Morocco in the mid-1990s. Fouad is an employee at the local post office who suffers from a neurological condition. After Fouad’s death his family rediscovers itself through love, sorrow, and memories. Read More...
