Casablanca, the year of the baccalaureate. The carefree life of Morocco's golden youth and all its excesses: car races, friendships, music, alcohol, but also first loves and the anxiety of transitioning to adulthood... Marock presents a side of Morocco that is often unknown, seen through the eyes of Rita, 17, who is determined to live life on her own terms.
Direction
Laïla Marrakchi's debut burns with authentic female gaze energy.
Acting
Morjana Alaoui's Rita — messy, magnetic, absolutely unapologetic.
Cinematography
Casablanca nightlife glows sweaty and seductive, never tourist-brochure pretty.
Director
Laïla Marrakchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in Moroccan theaters for years despite being partially funded by Moroccan state television — the scandal made Marrakchi a reluctant feminist icon.
The 'Marock' of the title is slang Casablanca teens used for their city; Marrakchi reclaimed it as a love letter and indictment simultaneously.
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