Mostafa Derkaoui

Casablanca by Night (2003)

Kaltoum is a 15-year-old girl who is forced to work in a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco to pay for a medical operation for her little brother. to her dismay she discovers the cruel world, that of the city's nightlife. ...

Les amours de Hadj Mokhtar Soldi (2001)

The film revolves around a comic character in which he sarcastically discusses many of the issues in Moroccan society, with El Hadji El Souledi, a candidate for elections in Casablanca, whose character is a symbol of illegal wealth and moral corruption. Hi ...

The Great Allegory (1995)

A young woman writer constructs a story in which she evokes the memory of a young man who died in the war. ...

Khafaya (1995)

The film portrays the confrontation between two female models and gives voice to women by thrusting them, without mercy, onto the most heavily mined battlefield of all… social consciousness. Will it manage to find a way out? ...

(Ga)me in the Past (1994)

Directed by Mustapha Derkaoui. ...

The Seven Gates of the Night (1994)

The adventures of a man, Brahim, who sets out in search of his son and also the son's friendship with Kamal. ...

The Gulf War... What Next? (1993)

The second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point in regards to the Arab nationalism's self-perception as well as a moment of deep historical and existential insecurity. Five Arab directors discuss the events fr ...

First Fiction (1992)

Directed by Mustapha Derkaoui. ...

Provisional Title (1984)

A film that describes how someone who is haunted by the idea of death learns to suffer. ...

The Beautiful Days of Sheherazade (1982)

A team of filmmakers is having difficulty choosing a subject to shoot. After lengthy discussion, they finally decide on the story of Aïcha, a beautiful cabaret singer. ...

Le Jour du Forain (1982)

Moulay Yacoub starts a physical and poetic journey of self-knowledge across Morocco. ...

Cinders of the Vineyard (1977)

Directed by Abdelkrim Derkaoui et al. ...

About Some Meaningless Events (1974)

In Casablanca, a group of filmmakers conduct discussions with people about their expectations of, and aspirations for, the emerging Moroccan national cinema. When a disgruntled worker kills his superior accidentally, their inquest shifts focus, and they be ...

Somewhere on a Given Day (1971)

An account of the preparations for the staging of Régis Debray's Notes on Gramsci directed by Stanisław Tym. A group of international students gathered at Warsaw's 'Stodoła' club discuss philosophy and politics accompanied by the music of Włodzimierz N ...

Adopcja (1968)

Provisional Title (1984)

A film that describes how someone who is haunted by the idea of death learns to suffer. ...

A Shadow Among Others (1969)

Settling of scores among international Marxist revolutionaries. A spirit of Mhedi Ben Barka inspired revolt. ...