For Bread Alone (2004)
الخبز الحافي
The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.
- Date of release
- 2004-05-26
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Casting
- Saïd Taghmaoui — Young Mohamed Choukri
- Fayçal Zeghadi — Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)
- Billal Lahsini — Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)
- Karim Benhadj — Taferseti
- Sanaa Alaoui — Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)
- David Halevim — Haddou (Mohamed's father)
- Marzia Tedeschi — Sallafa (bald woman)
- Ahmed El Kouraichi — Kabil (smuggler)
- Jamil Hammoudi — Ali
- Francesca Codispoti — Harrouda (prostitute)
- Giovanna Ria — Bushra (deaf-mute)
- Josè Dell'Abbiato — The Spaniard
Interesting facts
- Based on: For Bread Alone
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
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