A Prayer for the Absent (1995)
In Morocco, during the resistance and struggle for independence in the 1950s, Mokhtar, a cultured young man from a middle-class family in Fez, is the unwitting cause of Yamna's downfall, and she must pay a high price to regain her dignity and freedom.
Director: Hamid Benani
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Saadia Azgoun as Yemna |
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Hamid Basket as Mokhtar |
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Ahmed Tayeb Laalej as |
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Abdelkebir Rguegda as |
| Directing | Hamid Benani | Director |
| Writing | Hamid Benani | Writer |
| Writing | Mohamed Kaghat | Writer |
| Writing | Mohamed Tazi | Writer |
| Production | Franck Marre | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Olivier Debard | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Girolamo La Rosa | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tonino Macoppi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Françoise Collin | Editor |
| Editing | Natalie Perrey | Editor |
| Sound | Jonathan Liebling | Foley Artist |