MenuFLIXANO
Start Your Free Trial
Search
Ahmed Bouanani

Ahmed Bouanani

Ahmed Bouanani is associated with: The snail

Sign up to watch Free Ahmed Bouanani Movies

Movies Made By Ahmed Bouanani (14)

The snail (2024)

A snail trying to endure life. A girl in a bridge. A fragment of the movie Assarab, by Ahmed Bouanani. ...

Watch Now

The Shell Necklace (2008)

A father searches for his son after he disappeared from view, especially after doubts were raised about his possibility of joining extremist groups ...

Watch Now

Wind Horse (2002)

Tahar is a retired blacksmith living with his son from his first marriage. After seeing his late second wife in a dream, he decides to visit her grave, in Azemmour. In the trip, he meets Driss who is going to Essaouira, looking for his mother whom he has n ...

Watch Now

Entre l'absence et l'oubli (1993)

One day, a potter buys an old frame in which to put the family photos. But the merchant refuses to sell the frame without the photo of a stranger that it already holds. The potter sets off to look for the stranger in order to give back the picture. ...

Watch Now

Naïtou, the Orphan Girl (1982)

A musical about a young girl, Naitou, whose mother is assassinated by a jealous stepmother. The stepmother abuses Naitou and prevents her from taking part in the traditional initiation for all young girls. The stepmother is finally punished by an old lady ...

Watch Now

From the Other Side of the River (1982)

Said, an eight-year-old boy, is tasked with returning his mother's caftan to the tailor. On his way back, he steals the caftan. Fearing his mother's punishment, Said travels from Salé, where he lives, to the neighboring city of Rabat with his aunt to ask ...

Watch Now

Mirage (1979)

Ahmed Bouanani's first feature film played a pivotal role in bringing experimentalism to Moroccan cinema. It's a fable-like story of a poor young farmer who finds treasure in a flour bag. This takes him on a journey where nothing is as it seems. The film's ...

Watch Now

al-Kanfoudi (1978)

Hamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life. ...

Watch Now

The Four Sources (1977)

Ahmed Bouanani's Al-Manabe' al-Arba'a (1974), a very low-budget fantastical adaption of a poetic fable, features his wife Naïma Saoudi, who also worked as an art director and set designer. It is his only film in colour, which convinced him that his vocati ...

Watch Now

Traces (1971)

The story of Massaoud, a rebellious young man, oppressed by both his family and the sclerotic society. ...

Watch Now

Memory 14 (1971)

Crafted exclusively from film archives, Thakirah Arba'at 'Ashar (1971) was Ahmed Bouanani's first feature, but the censors forced him to cut it down from 2 hours and 18 minutes to 24 minutes. ...

Watch Now

The Devil's Treasure (1970)

A plowman finds a treasure in his field but when looters rob him of his find, his son Farès starts chasing after them. ...

Watch Now

Six and Twelve (1968)

Six and Twelve is one of a series of short films and documentaries produced under the auspices of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain in the years after Moroccan independence. While most of these were utilitarian in nature, Bouanani, Tazi, and Rechiche ...

Watch Now

Tarfaya (or The Walk Of A Poet) (1966)

A man from Tarfaya, penetrated by the magnificence of his country, the power of its beauty and the nomadic life of his ancestors goes in search of a great popular poet. He would be able to teach him wisdom, music, and the wonderful art of singing and poetr ...

Watch Now

Movies Starring Ahmed Bouanani (3)

Crossing the Seventh Gate (2017)

Ali Essafi visited Bouanani three years before the latter's death. The filmmaker, poet and novelist who also made drawings was leading a reclusive life in a remote village with his wife Naïma and many cats, living in the midst of huge piles of books and m ...

Watch Now

A Door to the Sky (1989)

In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father. At his funeral, she is overcome by the voice of Karina chanting the Koran. A powerful friendship develops between the two women as they decide to turn th ...

Watch Now

Dawn (1963)

Heper's 7-minute short "Dawn" follows, in a single space between two windows, a triangular love relationship of three people. ...

Watch Now