| Uniform Title |
Rock the casbah (Motion picture : 2013) |
| Title |
Rock the casbah. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Pinnacle Films, ©2015. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (99 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Pinnacle Films : PF1898. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013. |
| Co-production between France and Morocco. |
| "A comedy. About a tragedy." --Cover. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Laila Marrakchi. |
| Performers |
Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass, Omar Sharif. |
| Summary |
Summer in Tangiers, Morocco. A family comes together for three days in their home following the death of their patriarch, the influential businessman Moulay Hassan. Between laughter and tears, a collective hysteria leads each of the women to face up to some home truths that have boiled beneath the surface for years. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
French and Arabic with English subtitles. |
| Subjects |
Bereavement -- Drama |
| Muslim women -- Drama |
| Families -- Drama |
| Family secrets -- Drama |
| Feature films -- France |
| Feature films -- Morocco |
| Foreign language films |
| Morocco -- Social life and customs -- Drama |
| Genre |
Tragicomedies |
| Domestic drama (Motion pictures) |
| Domestic comedy films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Marrakchi, Laïla screenwriter, director. |
| Alaoui, Morjana actor. |
| Labaki, Nadine, 1974- actor. |
| Azabal, Lubna actor. |
| Abbass, Hiam actor. |
| Sharif, Omar, 1932-2015 actor. |
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