KADIB ABYAD

The Mother of All Lies

La madre de todas las mentiras

2023 97 min. Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt Asmae El Moudir

Panorama

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Director
Asmae El Moudir

Screenplay
Asmae El Moudir

Cinematography
Hatem Nechi

Editing
Asmae El Moudir

Music
Nass El Ghiwane

Sound
Abdelaziz Ghasine, Michael Fawzy

Producer
Asmae El Moudir, Marc Lotfy

Production
Insight Films [MA], Red Sea Fund [SA], Al Jazeera Documentary [QA], Fig Leaf Studios [EG]

Cast
Zahra Jeddaoui, Mohammed El Moudir, Abdallah Ez Zouid, Said Masrouir, Ouardia Zorkani, Asmae El Moudir

Synopsis
Filmmaker Asmae El Moudir cites family and friends to discover why she keeps only one photo from her childhood. This investigation leads her to the traces left by the Casablanca riots in 1981, with hundreds of victims, and she connects her memory with the collective one.

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Autlook Filmsales - Filmin

Filmography
Asmae El Moudir
MOROCCO (1990)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 KADIB ABYAD / THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
2020 THE POSTCARD
2015 ROUGH CUT [short]
2013 THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY [short]
2011 THE COLORS OF SILENCE [short]

Festivals
Cannes, Valladolid, Toronto


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