A Prayer for the Absent (1995)
1h 33m
Running Time
January 2, 1995Release Date

A Prayer for the Absent (1995)
1h 33m
Running Time
January 2, 1995Release Date
Plot.
In Morocco, during the resistance and struggle for independence in the 1950s, Mokhtar, a cultured young man from a middle-class family in Fez, is the unwitting cause of Yamna's downfall, and she must pay a high price to regain her dignity and freedom.
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Cast & Crew.

Saadia Azgoun
Yemna

Hamid Basket
Mokhtar

Ahmed Tayeb Laalej

Abdelkebir Rguegda

Hamid Benani
Director / Writer

Tayeb Saddiki
Actor

Mohamed Kaghat
Writer

Mohamed Tazi
Writer

Tahar Ben Jelloun
Writer

Franck Marre
Executive Producer

Olivier Debard
Original Music Composer

Girolamo La Rosa
Director of Photography

Tonino Macoppi
Director of Photography

Françoise Collin
Editor

Natalie Perrey
Editor

Jonathan Liebling
Foley Artist
Details.
Release DateJanuary 2, 1995
Original NameLa prière de l'absent
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Absent's Prayer (Arabic: صلاة الغيب, French: La prière de l'absent) is a 1995 Moroccan film. It is an adaptation by director Hamid Bénani, of the novel of the same name by Tahar Ben Jelloun.