La chambre noire

Credits

Name: La chambre noire

Country: Marokko

Year of publication: 2004

Format: 35 mm

Color: color

Language : OF m. engl. UT

Duration: 112 Minuten

Direction: Benjelloun, Hassan

Screenplay: Benjelloun, Hassan; Mdidech, Jaouad

Camera: Derkaoui, Kamal

Editing: Faure, Emanuel

Sound: Baudoin, Phillipe

Actor: Nadif, Mohamed; Ibrahimi, Hanana; Akhmis, Abdelmalek; Amrani, Abdellah; Saberi, Souad

Abstract

Based on Jaouad Mdidech`s renowned account, The Black Chamber is a powerful reconstitution of and reflection on the horror of what Moroccans have termed the "Leaden Years," when the government enforced a virile oppression of political dissenters, especially targeting the left-leaning student movements and political parties. Kamal`s past as a Marxist activist during his student years is enough cause for the security agencies to detain him at one of Casablanca`s most notorious jails. Although no longer an activist, Kamal refuses to give in to his tormentors and endures the harsh verdict.

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