Salma Ed-Dlimi

Entre Alice et Adam, il aura suffit d’un regard. Pour ce coup de foudre, la jeune femme va balayer sa relation stable avec Jake, sa vie tracée d’avance. Et lorsque Adam lui demande de l’épouser, elle n’hésite pas. Pourtant, rapidement, de mystérieux éléments viennent troubler leur idylle. Ecartelée entre le plaisir et des doutes, Alice se lance dans une enquête à hauts risques…

Dans la chaleur du mois de juillet 1999 à Casablanca, Mikhi tente de vivre son histoire d’amour avec Rita mais les frères braqueurs de cette dernière et Daoud, surnommé le « pitbull du système », vont leur donner du fil à retordre. Au sein de cette guerre sanglante, les amants errent comme dans une réalité absurde et hostile, alors que le roi Hassan II expire son dernier souffle et celui d’une société en fin de course.

la journée horrible, terrible, désagréable, insurmontable, de Daoud qui doit traverser Casablanca un jour de Zemzem, de prière de pluie et de grève de taxi alors que sa propre voiture est coincée dans le garage...

The story of a boy wandering the streets of Casablanca in all its contradictions, crimes and chaotic nature, walking with a mirror to observe the vibrant spirit of this city, and between its streets, narrow corners, vast areas and unique landmarks, the boy observes with his mirror the secrets of this city, which blends modernity with ancient history.

On the last day of Ramadan, a hastily assembled crew of technicians waits in a shabby Morocco television studio for the arrival of an important personality, expecting to film what their director Rita promises will be the interview of their lifetime.

On 11 June 1986, one day after Morocco wrote football world cup history by scoring a surprising victory over Portugal, government official Daoud is ordered to secure a bridge outside Casablanca that sits between two hostile communities over an empty highway. Here, he is to await the expected but by no means certain visit of King Hassan II. Encounters with government supporters and the families of political prisoners; the mysterious appearance of a foreign woman and a Berber, as well as the story of a football crazy boy all prove to be a bit much for Daoud. Ever since the bloody ‘bread riots’ five years earlier, he has felt paralysed. But the euphoria and the hope he encounters here help to lift his mood. The Moroccan team’s success unleashes a new self-confidence and lust for life that transcends the surreal shadow of the monarchy.