Mektoub

A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband. After spending ten years in The US, Taoufik, Ophtalmo, returns to Casablanca with his beautiful young wife, Sophia, he wants to start a new practice. Then the nightmare : Sophia is kidnapped and raped . MEKTOUB is a road-movie thriller based on a well-known scandal, which shocked public opinion in Morocco at the time ‘The Tabet Case’ sentenced to death because of his abuse of power and his sexual deviations.

Keywords

  • Meisterwerke der 90er
  • Maghreb Cinema
  • Afrika
  • Suspense

Actors

  • Rachid El Ouali
  • Mohamed Zouhir
  • Amal Chabli
  • Malika Oufkir
  • Faouzi Ben Saïdi
  • Mohamed Miftah
  • Hilal Abdellatif

Director

  • Nabil Ayouch

Thriller

1h 30min

tous publics

AR

FR

Morocco
1999
A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband.

A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband.


After spending ten years in The US, Taoufik, Ophtalmo, returns to Casablanca with his beautiful young wife, Sophia, he wants to start a new practice. Then the nightmare : Sophia is kidnapped and raped . MEKTOUB is a road-movie thriller based on a well-known scandal, which shocked public opinion in Morocco at the time ‘The Tabet Case’ sentenced to death because of his abuse of power and his sexual deviations.

Cast & Crew