Jahilya

A tragicomic story of several characters caught in a historic event, the cancellation of the sheep Aid in 1996: Lofti the amnesic, Mounir who is rejected by the family of the woman he wans to marry, a child who can't understand this cancellation and a person who needs help to commit suicide.

Cast

Mostafa El Houari

as Lotfi

Salma Ed-Dlimi

as Rita

Hassan Ben Badida

as Ali

Rami Fijjaj

as Yaya

Moulay Hassan Alaoui

as Lotfi's Father

Zoubir Abou Al Fadl

as Ali's Son

Zoubida Akif

as Maid

Malek Akhmiss

as Mr. Jolnir

Nisrin Erradi

as Fati

Jalal Boulftaim

as Chauffeur

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