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Oct 29, 2020 · F irst-time actor Zakaria Inan is the resilient, unforgettable young tennis player at the heart of Moroccan director Ismael Ferroukhi's third feature, Mica, which is competing at El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt this week. The film starts with a bunch of boys wrestling in the middle of a village market and ends on a tennis court in Casablanca.
Mica, 10, lives with his mother and sick father in a slum in the suburbs of Meknes, which is destined for destruction. A friend of his parents’, a handyman in a tennis club in Casablanca, takes him as his apprentice. Mica finds himself propelled into a whole new world where a new life awaits him. Mr. Slimani, a rich and cultured man and owner of the club, dreams of making his son Omar a tennis champion. To this end, he hires Sophia, a former French champion, as a private trainer. But Omar ...
Oct 3, 2011 · The film, directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, is described as fiction inspired by real events and built around the stories of two real-life figures (along with a made-up black marketeer). The veteran ...
Ismaël Ferroukhi chronicles the role played by the Maghreb community during the German occupation and its collaboration with the French resistance. Furthermore, it serves to introduce the audience to the fascinating figures of the religious leader Si Kaddour Benghabrit and the singer Salim Halali.
Dec 13, 2021 · Mica: Directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi. With Zakaria Inan, Sabrina Ouazani, Mohammed Azelrab Kaghat, Moumen Mekouar. Mica, a boy from the slums, is hired as the handyman at a swanky tennis club in Casablanca.
