The Years of Exile

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The Years of Exile
Les années de l'exil
StarringNabyl Lahlou, Sophia Hadi, Younes Megri
CinematographyMostapha Marjane
Edited byNoun Lam
Production
company
Loukkous Films
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryMorocco
LanguageMoroccan Arabic

The Years of Exile is a 2002 film directed by Nabyl Lahlou.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Adapted from the novel Une enquête au pays by Driss Chraîbi,[9] this film shows the resistance of Berber villagers in the High Atlas against the representatives of the Moroccan administration in the 1960s.

Synopsis[edit]

Mohammed, a police chief, and his deputy inspector Ali are looking for a criminal who has taken refuge in a remote Berber village. They land at the home of the Aït Yafelmane family and will eventually set the village on fire.[10][11]

Cast[edit]

  • Nabyl Lahlou
  • Sophia Hadi
  • Younes Megri
  • Mohamed Belfkih
  • Amal Ayouch
  • Mahjoub Raji
  • Mehdi Piro

References[edit]

  1. ^ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Les Années de l'Exil : Un film de Nabyl Lahlou". Bladi.net (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Films | Africultures : Années de l'exil (Les)". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Africiné - Années de l'exil (Les)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (11 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7364-3.
  6. ^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.
  7. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  8. ^ Brière, Jean-François (1 January 2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
  9. ^ Chraïbi, Driss (1999). Une enquête au pays. Bussière Camedan impr.). Paris: Éd. du Seuil. ISBN 2-02-037433-1. OCLC 406416643.
  10. ^ Variety International Film Guide. Andre Deutsch. 2004. ISBN 978-1-902049-96-0.
  11. ^ Orlando, Valérie K. (5 May 2011). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-478-4.