Hayat

Name: Hayat
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 90 min

Director: Raouf Sebbahi

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Highlights

It sheds light on the social reality in Morocco that some of which resembles other countries in the Arab world.
The film toured numerous prestigious film festivals, achieving sweeping success and reaping countless awards.
Stars a number of Morocco’s A class actors.
The film involves a rich variety of acting performances for 22 actors belonging to different acting schools.
It received a grant from the Moroccan Film Center.
The film is the director’s second feature film.

2017/ Morocco90 min/ Drama

Original Title

Hayat

SYNOPSIS

On a bus trip that passes different Moroccan cities, a well-painted portrait of diverse social interactions is presented through the bus passengers’ dialogues that take place on board. Some of these dialogues are ironic but shocking while others are hilarious, yet furious!

CAST

Azelarab Kaghat
Driss Roukh
Latefa Ahrare
Hachem Bastaoui

CREW

Screenwriter: Mohamed Ahed Bensouda
Moncef El Kadiri
Raouf Sebbahi
DOP: Luca Coissin
Editor: Oussama El Asfar

Production Company(ies)

New Generation Pictures

Producer(s)

Mohammed Kaghat

National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco

WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA

Helsinki African Film Festival (HAFF), Finland

Lisbon International Film Festival, Online

Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq

Los Angeles San Rafael Film Festival, USA

Silicon Valley African Film Festival, USA

Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga, Morocco

Cinéalma - L'âme de la Méditerranée, France

Festival du Film Arabe de Bruxelle, Belgium

Jagran Film Festival, India

Festival International Cinéma et Migrations d'Agadir (FICMA), Morocco

Sharm El-Sheikh International Film Festival, Egypt

Muscat International Film Festival, Oman

African Film Festival, New Zealand

Cameroon International Film Festival (CAMIFF), Cameroon

Festival Maghrébin du Film d'Oujda, Morocco

Festival du Cinema de Saïdia, Morocco

Best Script and Special Jury Award at the Festival du Cinema de Saïdia, Morocco

Best Script at the Festival International Cinéma et Migrations d'Agadir (FICMA), Morocco

Golden Dagger for Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best Script at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman

Grand Prize at the Helsinki African Film Festival, Finland

Grand Prize at the Festival du Film Arabe de Bruxelle, Belgium

Bronze Prize at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Film Festival, Egypt

Platinum Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA

National Jury Award for Best Cinematography at the National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco

Reviews

Mohamed Nagim - Alittihad (Arabic)

Quotes

“Through this film, the creative Raouf Sebbahi successfully made his name among many great directors in the Moroccan film industry.” Mohamed Nagim - Alittihad (Arabic)