For Bread Alone (2004)
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.
Director: Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
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Saïd Taghmaoui as Young Mohamed Choukri |
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Fayçal Zeghadi as Mohamed Choukri (13 years old) |
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Billal Lahsini as Mohamed Choukri (6 years old) |
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Karim Benhadj as Taferseti |
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Sanaa Alaoui as Mimouna (Mohamed's mother) |
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David Halevim as Haddou (Mohamed's father) |
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Marzia Tedeschi as Sallafa (bald woman) |
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Ahmed El Kouraichi as Kabil (smuggler) |
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Jamil Hammoudi as Ali |
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Francesca Codispoti as Harrouda (prostitute) |
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Giovanna Ria as Bushra (deaf-mute) |
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Josè Dell'Abbiato as The Spaniard |
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Armando De Razza as Boualem (cafe owner) |
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Daniel Ducruet as Prison guard |
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Hamid Basket as Abdelmalek (the scribe) |
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Mohamed Rachid Benhadj as Marwani (the revolutionary) |
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Simona Manganaro as Assia (girl in the garden) |
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Sandra Loredana Cristiano as Prostitute 2 |
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Ilaria De Laurentiis as Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister) |
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Aida Ben Barka as Student |
| Directing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Director |
| Production | Gabriele Pacitto | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Roberto de Laurentiis | Producer |
| Camera | Pier Luigi Santi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Goffredo Gibellini | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Writer |
| Writing | Mohamed Choukri | Novel |
