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Just like so many North Africans, a young Moroccan woman wants to reach Spain by the sea. But she'll face a lot of difficulties along the way.
Thami works as an extra in foreign films shot in a small village near Ouarzazate. He became a friend of Pier Paolo Pasolini, who shot in 1966 his movie Oedipus Rex in Morocco. Forty years later, an Italian crew comes to Ouarzazate to shoot a film. Thami thinks his friend Pasolini is back in town and thus triggering cinema fever in all the locals.
Suddenly, Omar a worn-out garment salesman, finds himself among the rich of the ancient city of Marrakech, finds himself among the rich of the ancient city of Marrakech, after he found a large sum of money in a pile of clothes, He decides to change his life, wearing a modern suit, and starts illegitimate with another girl, hoping to enjoy the happiness and tenderness that he missed during his marriage of Latifa.
The Voices of the Desert tell a story of three destinies: Mouloud, a young man who goes in search of his parents, Hammadi, an old man who awaits the return of his son and Zineb, a young woman in search of her roots. A bottle filled with sand will be the link between the three characters.
The nomadic life of Moroccan carnival performers forms the basis of this debut from director Daoud Aoulad-Syad. Rabi, a female impersonator who dances with traveling fairs, teams up with Kacem, who hires him to ballyhoo his gambling concession. While Rabi's lack of romantic interest in women befuddles Kacem's son, he does strike up a friendship with a schoolteacher (Nezha Rahile), who in her way is as much of a misfit as Rabi.
Yussef is a blind twelve year old orphan leaving with his grand-parents in southern Morocco. His grandfather offers him a camera, and the two embark on a road trip to see the legendary blue lake in the middle of the desert.
Fifi Abdo is hosting a number of stars to participate in an artistic work produced by her entitled “One Thousand and One Nights,” but what they do not know is that they will be victims of an unexpected prank.
Michel, a French national, lives in the Riad adjoining the house of Boujemâa and turns it into a guest house. The noise resulting from the tourist activities and songs of the rooster poisons the relations between the two neighbors.
A man convinces his brother-in-law to marry a foreign womanl to facilitate his obtainment of foreign nationality and improve their living conditions, but an unpleasant surprise awaits the brothers as the girl's scheme gradually unfolds.
Miloud who is a craftsman is reputed as mad. His sole friend is « Mabrouk », a sensitive and intelligent donkey. Licina is a beautiful girl belonging to a rich family, she falls in love with Mabrouk and decides to buy it at any price. Miloud refuses.