Headbang Lullaby (2017)
On 11 June 1986, one day after Morocco wrote football world cup history by scoring a surprising victory over Portugal, government official Daoud is ordered to secure a bridge outside Casablanca that sits between two hostile communities over an empty highway. Here, he is to await the expected but by no means certain visit of King Hassan II. Encounters with government supporters and the families of political prisoners; the mysterious appearance of a foreign woman and a Berber, as well as the story of a football crazy boy all prove to be a bit much for Daoud. Ever since the bloody ‘bread riots’ five years earlier, he has felt paralysed. But the euphoria and the hope he encounters here help to lift his mood. The Moroccan team’s success unleashes a new self-confidence and lust for life that transcends the surreal shadow of the monarchy.
Director: Hicham Lasri
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Adil Abatourab as |
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Latefa Ahrrare as |
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Zoubida Akif as |
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Zoubir Abou el Fadl as |
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Aziz Hattab as |
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Benaissa El Jirari as |
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Salma Ed-Dlimi as |
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Jaouad Sayeh as |
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Nacer Mdaghri as |
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Saadia Marrakchia as |
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Fairouz Amiri as |
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Hamza Arts as |
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Hassan Ben Badida as Le Vieux |
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Abdullah Bakhsh as |
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Ayoub El Ahmadi as |
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Hamid Najah as |
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Fatima Al Marzooqi as |
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Ibrahim Sulaiman as |
| Writing | Hicham Lasri | Writer |
| Camera | Charles-Hubert Morin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mona-Lise Lanfant | Editor |
| Art | Rachid Joundoul | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Hicham Lasri | Director |
| Sound | Wissam Hojeij | Original Music Composer |