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A Prayer for the Absent

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A Prayer for the Absent
Directed byHamid Bénani
Written byHamid Bénani
Based onNovel of the same title by Tahar Ben Jelloun
StarringHamid Basket, Saâdia Azagoun, Abdelkebir Rguegda, Khadija Farahi
CinematographyTonino Maccopi, Girolamo Larosa
Edited byFrançoise Collin
Music byOlivier Debard
Production
company
Lumière de la Ville et Atlantis Film Internationale
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryMorocco
LanguageMoroccan Arabic

The Absent's Prayer (Arabic: صلاة الغيب, French: La prière de l'absent) is a 1995 Moroccan film.[1][2][3][4] It is an adaptation by director Hamid Bénani, of the novel of the same name by Tahar Ben Jelloun.[5][6]

Synopsis

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After having lived an idle life devoted to literary passions, and following serious emotional and family conflicts, Mokhtar, who has become amnesiac, undertakes an initiatory journey to Morocco during which he rediscovers the character of his past and his entire memory.

Cast

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  • Hamid Basket
  • Saâdia Azagoun
  • Abdelkebir Rguegda
  • Khadija Farahi
  • Ahmed Tayeb Laalej
  • Tayeb Saddiki

References

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  1. ^ "Africiné - Prière de l'absent (La)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. ^ "Long métrage, La prière de l'absent". filmexport.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. ^ "Films | Africultures : Prière de l'absent (La)". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. ^ "Centre Cinematographique Marocain". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  5. ^ Benani, Hamid; Ben Jelloun, Tahar; Basket, Hamid; Azgoun, Saadia; Rguegda, Abdelkebir (2008), La priere de l'absent (in French), S.L.: P.0.M. Films, OCLC 822746488, retrieved 2021-11-15
  6. ^ Ben Jelloun, Tahar (2016). La prière de l'absent : roman. Éditions Points. ISBN 978-2-7578-5325-2. OCLC 1006498870.
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