Love in the Medina

Love in the Medina

113 mins | Romance | Sept. 11, 2011

In the Medina of Casablanca, Thami, a young man from a conservative family with a lineage of honourable Koranic lawyers, incenses his father as he decides to enter the profession of butchery. Whilst handling the meats, he soon discovers another taboo passion: women and love. “Love in the Medina” is about a journey of initiation, a quest for freedom and Thami’s revolution of romance in ever-changing Morocco.

Love in the Medina

113 mins | Romance | Sept. 11, 2011

Love in the Medina
In the Medina of Casablanca, Thami, a young man from a conservative family with a lineage of honourable Koranic lawyers, incenses his father as he decides to enter the profession of butchery. Whilst handling the meats, he soon discovers another taboo passion: women and love. “Love in the Medina” is about a journey of initiation, a quest for freedom and Thami’s revolution of romance in ever-changing Morocco.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Zen Zero, A2L Production Films
Original title جناح الهوى
Directors Abdelhai Laraki
Writers Violaine Bellet, Abdelhai Laraki

Cast

Omar Lotfi

as Thami

Ouidad Elma

as Zineb

Driss Roukhe

as Le Mokkadem

Amal Ayouch

as Halima

Abdou El Mesnaoui

as Le Père l'Adel

Zahira Sadik

as Rehma

Nisrin Erradi

as Keltoum