The Mother of All Lies

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The Mother of All Lies, is a 2024 Egyptian movie, directed by Asmae El Moudir, and starring Zahra Jeddaoui, Mohammed El Moudir, Ouarda Zorkani. with a runtime of 96 minutes.

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The Mother of All Lies is a bold Moroccan documentary directed by Asmae El Moudir, in which she reconstructs her Casablanca childhood neighborhood as a handmade film set. Enlisting her family and friends to participate, El Moudir sets out to excavate the uncomfortable lies and silences that defined her upbringing. As reconstructed memories collide with painful truths, the film becomes an unflinching meditation on how families protect themselves through fiction — and what happens when those fictions are finally exposed. A visually inventive and emotionally resonant work from one of North Africa's most distinctive new documentary voices.

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