Ali Esmili

Mamina (2023)

Rosa is the mother of five children and married to a cantankerous Sicilian. She runs her household in a frenetic daily routine. So, to provide for her family, she secretly takes out loans... but the weight of the debt eventually plunges her into denial and ...

All Three of Us (2015)

An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy. ...

The 5th String (2011)

In 1999, in the old medina of Casablanca in Morocco, a young man Malek fascinated by the lute, decides to move in with his uncle Amir. To teach him the subtleties of the lute, Amir, the master of music, promises him to reveal him the secret of the fifth st ...

Andalusia, My Love! (2011)

Said and Amine are two students from Casablanca dreaming of Europe. They end up in a small village in the North of Morocco. With the help of the schoolteacher, they leave for the European coast on board a small boat. They are shipwrecked. The sea washes Am ...

Yasmina (2019)