Mektoub
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Cast & Crew
Nabil Ayouch
Rachid El Ouali
Faouzi Bensaidi
Amal Chabli
Mohamed Miftah
Mohamed Zouhair
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Synopsis
Back in Casablanca after 10 years of training in the US, Taoufik plans to set up an opthalmology practice with his wife, Sophia. But during dinner at a swanky hotel in Tangier, his drink is drugged and Sophia is abducted, raped, and dumped on a street the next morning. He tries to avenge the crime by getting a gun and getting a sleazy hotel manager to take him to the kidnappers. However, during a struggle, Taoufik accidentally shoots a policeman. The couple are now on the run.
Director
Nabil Ayouch
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Miscellaneous Notes
Morocco's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1998).
Released in France September 15, 1999
Feature directorial debut for Nabil Ayouch.
Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Hubert Bals Fund) January 28 - February 8, 1998.
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Mektoub is translated as "Predestined."
Released in France September 15, 1999
