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.
Young Mohamed Choukri
Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)
Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)
Taferseti
Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)
Haddou (Mohamed's father)
Sallafa (bald woman)
Kabil (smuggler)
Ali
Harrouda (prostitute)
Bushra (deaf-mute)
The Spaniard
Boualem (cafe owner)
Prison guard
Abdelmalek (the scribe)
Marwani (the revolutionary)
Assia (girl in the garden)
Prostitute 2
Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)
Student
