A Muslim Childhood

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A Muslim Childhood, is a 2005 Moroccan movie, directed by Moumen Smihi, and starring Abdesslam Begdouri, Issam Fiyache, Khouloud Betioui. with a runtime of 90 minutes.

Overview

A Muslim Childhood is the first film in Moroccan director Moumen Smihi's semi-autobiographical trilogy, set in the port city of Tangier during the 1950s. The film centers on Mohamed-Larbi Salmi, a shy and introspective pre-teen boy caught between conflicting worlds: his father's gentle Islamic upbringing, the secular French education he receives at school, and the forbidden allure of the cinema and the women he discovers through it. Smihi crafts a quietly observant portrait of adolescent identity in a Morocco poised between tradition and modernity, offering a nuanced exploration of the cultural tensions that defined a generation on the eve of independence.

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