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The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.
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Original Title
الخبز الحافي
Original Language
Arabic
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Cast
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Saïd Taghmaoui
Young Mohamed Choukri
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Fayçal Zeghadi
Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)
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Sanaa Alaoui
Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)
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Marzia Tedeschi
Sallafa (bald woman)
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Ahmed El Kouraichi
Kabil (smuggler)
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Jamil Hammoudi
Ali
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Francesca Codispoti
Harrouda (prostitute)
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Armando De Razza
Boualem (cafe owner)
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Hamid Basket
Abdelmalek (the scribe)
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Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Marwani (the revolutionary)
