Casanegra

Dec 24, 2008

2h 11m

★ 6.5

What's white about Casablanca, they should call it Casanegra

Overview

A Moroccan-Norwegian co-production about the dark side of Casablanca (Casanegra). In a country where good virtues are the norm in public, Casanegra shows the vices: domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse. Meet Karim and Adil and their struggle in the big city.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Sigma Technologies

Soread-2M

Centre Cinématographique Marocain

Bodega Films

Casanegra Trailers

Cast

Karim

Anas El Baz

Adil

Omar Lotfi

Zrirek

Mohamed Benbrahim

Nabila

Ghita Tazi

Adil's stepfather

Driss Roukhe

Barmida

Fatima Herandi Raouya

Adil's mother

Fatiha Ouatili

Taxi driver

Zakaria Atifi

El Hajj

Hassan Essakali

Karim's father

Mohamed Boughaba

Haitam "The Turtle"

Haitham El Idrissi

Rami

Michel Botbol

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