For Bread Alone

7.6 2004 97 min
Drama

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.

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Director
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Writer
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Cast

The cast behind this title

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
Armando De Razza Boualem (cafe owner)
Daniel Ducruet Prison guard
Hamid Basket Abdelmalek (the scribe)
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj Marwani (the revolutionary)
Simona Manganaro Assia (girl in the garden)
Sandra Loredana Cristiano Prostitute 2

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