Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue

2001·98'

Nabil Ayouch

Belgium

★ 6.5

Letterboxd TMDB #49167

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor - when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib's gang. Matters are getting serious.

Cast

Mounïm Kbab Kwita

Abdelhak Zhayra Ali Zaoua

Hicham Moussoune Boubker

Mustapha Hansali Omar

Abdessamad Tourab Nourredine

Saïd Taghmaoui Dib

Amal Ayouch Madame Zaoua

Mohamed Majd Le pêcheur

Hicham Ibrahimi Le Marin

Nadia Ould Hajjaj La Lycéenne

Ahmed Naim Père de la lycéenne

Meriame Raiss Amie de la lycéenne