Majid

At a glance

Majid, is a 2010 Moroccan movie, directed by Nassim Abassi, and starring Brahim Al Bakali, Lotfi Sabir, Wassime Zidi. with a runtime of 116 minutes.

Overview

Majid is a touching Moroccan coming-of-age drama centered on a ten-year-old orphan who one day realizes with quiet terror that he can no longer remember what his parents looked like. Driven by this deeply personal loss, young Majid sets out on a search for any photograph that might restore their faces to him. Simple in structure but resonant in its emotional depth, the film explores themes of memory, identity, and the pain of absence through the eyes of a child clinging to the traces of a family he barely knew. A sensitive and understated portrait of childhood grief, Majid marks a poignant entry in Moroccan independent cinema.

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