Mektoub

Produced in 1998

Mektoub

Film Information

Festival Edition 1998 - Edition 2
Section General
Director Nabil Ayouch
Country Morocco / France
Duration 90 min
Category Arab Feature Films 1998
Screenplay Nabil Ayouch
Cast Rachid El Ouali, Amal Chennoufi, Mohamed Miftah, Faouzi Bensaidi
Genre Arab Feature Film

Synopsis

After spending ten years in the United States, where he trained as an ophthalmologist, Taoufik returns to Casablanca. Carefree and hopeful, and assisted by his beautiful young wife Sophia, he wants to start a new practice. While attending a congress in Tangier, they take a chic hotel. The drink they are given in their hotel contains a powerful narcotic. While Taoufik lies unconscious on the bed, Sophia is kidnapped, raped, and thrown back into the street. To his surprise, a senior policeman is involved.

Full Description

After spending ten years in the United States, where he trained as an ophthalmologist, Taoufik returns to Casablanca. Carefree and hopeful, and assisted by his beautiful young wife Sophia, he wants to start a new practice. While attending a congress in Tangier, they take a chic hotel. Then the nightmare starts. The drink they are given in their hotel contains a powerful narcotic. While Taoufik lies unconscious on the bed, Sophia is kidnapped, raped and thrown back into the street. To his surprise, a senior policeman is involved.