A journalist digs into corruption. The newspapers say he died a random death. You buying that?
An old journalist, Omar, remembers the 70s and Salim a young 35-year-old journalist who had dared to investigate a corrupt senior state official. Omar knows it's a fight lost in advance but Salim refuses to let go. He resists because his duty as a journalist and his contempt for the untouchables who believe themselves above the law incite him to take all risks. But one day, the newspapers announce the death of Salim, cowardly murdered by a burglar. In short, a simple fact.
Acting
Rachid El Ouali's doomed idealism cuts deep
Direction
Noury frames Casablanca as suffocating maze
Director
Hakim Noury
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Morocco's 'Years of Lead,' the film thinly veils real journalist disappearances under Hassan II's regime—naming the corruption was itself an act of bravery.
The French title's bitter irony—'un simple fait divers' mocks how political murders get dismissed as routine crime. The original Arabic title reportedly shifted this framing entirely.
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