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
- Cannes 2021
- Ontsnap naar de jaren 90
- Maghreb Cinema
- Panorama: Nabil Ayouch
- Afrika
- spanning
Actors
- Rachid El Ouali
- Mohamed Zouhir
- Amal Chabli
- Malika Oufkir
- Faouzi Ben Saïdi
- Mohamed Miftah
- Hilal Abdellatif
Director
- Nabil Ayouch
Thriller
1h 30min
AR
FR
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.