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.