Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand’s LIFE SUITS ME WELL to screen in Moroccan theaters
24 December 2022:
Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand’s feature film LIFE SUITS ME WELL will finally be released in Moroccan theaters starting December 21st following its recent successful tour.
The film’s events take place in the mid-1990s. Fouad is the only employee at the local post office in a small town in northern Morocco. After he is diagnosed with a neurological disease, Fouad, his wife, and their children embark on a new chapter in their lives.
In this new era, their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad slowly succumbs to his disease, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, wounds begin to surface, but the desire to live is inextinguishable.
LIFE SUITS ME WELL won three awards at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival — Best Script, the Special Jury Prize, and Best Actor Award for Samir Guesmi. Moreover, it scooped the Critics’ Week Award at the 33rd edition of the Carthage Film Festival.
It also won Audience and Best Actress awards (Lubna Azabal) at the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam, the Audience Award at the Mediterranean Film Festival Split, as well as the First Work and the Cine Club awardsat the Tangier National Film Festival.
Additionally, the film garnered several awards from the CineGouna Platform when it was still in the project phase, includingthe Grand Prize and Best Film in post-production.
The film had its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, and its Arab world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival. Moreover, it was featured at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Amman International Film Festival in Jordan, and Casablanca Arab Film Festival in Morocco.
LIFE SUITS ME WELL garnered positive critical reviews in Arab and international media, with The National News website writing that "LIFE SUITS ME WELL tells a touching story of family and Alzheimer's in Morocco."
The film was also praised on DMovies and described as "a touching, well-made drama about the bonds of family and staying strong in dreadful circumstances.”
Written and directed by Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand and produced by Kasbah Films (Karim Debbagh), the film stars Samir Guesmi,Lubna Azabal, Sayyid El-Alami, and Jalal Quarrioua. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions ismanaging the film’s distribution in the Arab world.
