Connections and personality: France and Morocco, sisters, mothers and sons, husbands and lovers. Antoine arranges a job in Tangiers so he can reconnect to Cécile, his first love, unseen for 30 years. Sami, her son, comes from Paris with his friend Nadia and her son to see his mother and his Moroccan boyfriend. Nadia wants to see Aïcha, her twin, a devout Muslim unwilling to see her pill-popping sister. Antoine harbors romantic fantasies; Cécile lives in the real world of an empty marriage to Natan, a Jewish doctor who’s broke, drinks too much, and wants to move back to Casablanca. Cécile is a follower. Dogs and mud present dangers, as does complaisance. Will the earth move?
Release Date: 15 December 2004Runtime: 100 min
Stars:
- Bouchaïd Kidi
- Catherine Deneuve
- Christophe Freudiger
- Gérard Depardieu
- Gilbert Melki
- Hicham Ibrahimi
- Idir Elomri
- Jabir Elomri
- Lubna Azabal
- Malik Zidi
- Nabila Baraka
- Nadem Rachati
- Stéphane Rouabah
- Tanya Lopert
Director: André Téchiné
