A Muslim Childhood

A Muslim Childhood

Actors:  Abdesslam Begdouri, Issam Fiyache, Khouloud Betioui, Nadia Alami, Said Amel, Rim Taoud Directors:  Moumen Smihi

This film, the first in what has become a semi-autobiographical trilogy for Smihi, follows the everyday experiences of Mohamed-Larbi Salmi against the changing Moroccan society. In 1950s Tangier, Larbi Salmi is a young, timid, pre-teen, boy, trying to make sense of the gentle religious upbringing of his father, the secular education offered him...