Choice Meats
Synopsis
Young Thami braves his father's wrath to embrace the only occupation he cares for: butchery.
Handling the meats, he soon discovers another taboo passion to shock his conservative and tyrannical father: women.
The initiatory journey of a young man in today’s Morocco with an unconfessable love for choice meats and freedom.
by Abdellahi Laraki (Marocco – Italy 2010)
Feature Film – Work in progress-
Cast
Omar Lotfi (Thami)
Ouidad Elma (Zineb)
Amal Ayouch (Halima)
Driss Roukhe (Il Mokaddem)
Julie Nicolet (La Turista)
Crew
directed by: Abdelhai Laraki
screenplay: Abdelhai Laraki, con la collaborazione di Violaine Bellet
script: Abdellhai Laraki. A story based on the novel "Morceaux de Choix, Les Amours d'un Apprenti Boucher" by Mohamed Nedali (Ed. Le Fennec, Marocco – Ed. L'Aube, Francia)
director of photography: Roberta Allegrini
sound: Taoufik Mekraz
set designer: Raiss Rouchdi
costume designer: Nadia Dahar
original music: Richard Horowitz
produced by: Zaineb Laraki (A2L), Agnès Trincal e Caroline Locardi (Zen Zero)