Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

99 mins | Drama | Sept. 8, 2000

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor - when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib's gang. Matters are getting serious.

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

99 mins | Drama | Sept. 8, 2000

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor - when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib's gang. Matters are getting serious.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Canal+, TPS Cinéma, TF1 International, 2M, Playtime, Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), Ali'n Productions, Gimages 3, Alexis Films, Ace Editing, Remstar Films
Original title Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue
Directors Nabil Ayouch
Writers Nathalie Saugeon, Nabil Ayouch

Cast

Mounïm Kbab

as Kwita

Hicham Moussoune

as Boubker

Abdelhak Zhayra

as Ali Zaoua

Amal Ayouch

as Madame Zaoua

Mohammed Majd

as Le Pêcheur

Hicham Ibrahimi

as Le Marin

Nadia Ould Hajjaj

as La Lycéenne

Ahmed Naim

as Père de la lycéenne

Meriame Raiss

as Amie de la lycéenne

Abdelkader Lofti

as Propriétaire droguerie

Brahim Boukhabrine

as Client droguerie

Jalil Essahli

as Khalid

Karim Merzak

as Enfant du marabout

Halima Frizi

as Aicha la Sorcière

Khalid Ghanimi

as Shita

Mohamed Ajmil

as Barrito

Tarik El Hichou

as Chino

Mohamed Ezzanati

as Nemss

Jalila Boulhimez

as La Journaliste

Youssef Semane

as Enfant martyr

Mohamed Gourari

as Enfant cuisinier

Noureddine Jori

as Enfant guetteur

Abdel Ali Abrouk

as Enfant blessé

Bouchaîb Anouar

as Enfant mendiant

Mustapha Samit

as Chauffeur du taxi

Said El Haymer

as Videur #1

Chouaïb El Haymer

as Videur #2

Ftah Bouchaib

as L'adolescent

Mohamed Ammor

as Policier #1

Hakim Behlalia

as Policier #2

Najat M’jid

as Conductrice feu rouge

Mourad Kamil

as Conducteur feu rouge

Abdelilah Ammor

as Vigile #1

Mustapha Nassbi

as Vigile #2

Mustapha Walahyane

as Vigile #3