L’Orchestre des aveugles
Tribute to Moroccan cinema
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Tribute to Moroccan cinema
In collaboration with the Marrakech International Film Festival
In the early years of the reign of Hassan II, Houcine, fan of his new king, is the leader of a popular band. He lives with his wife Halima in her family home, a place of lively cohabitation, a gallery of colorful characters that cross the rhythm of life of the orchestra and its traditional dancers, the Chikhates. In this particular band, male musicians are forced to pretend to be blind in order to play in Moroccan conservative family homes at parties reserved for women.
Houcine is also Mimou’s happy father. He is very involved in his first born son’s education and wants the best for him. But Mimou will fall in love with Chama, the neighbor’s new servant. Dreams and reality confuse, Mimou cannot concentrate at school and not to disappoint his father, he decides to cheat by falsifying his report cards…
View the trailerMohamed Mouftakir
Son of the great violinist Houcine Mouftakir (aka Budra), he first studied English literature at the University of Casablanca before studying Film Direction and Writing, especially in France. He worked for five years as an assistant of directors in Morocco or abroad, and followed several internships in France, Germany, where he lived for several years, and Tunisia. He went on to direct several short films. In 2010, his debut feature Pegasus won Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Actress Prizes and the Critics’ Prize at the Tangier Film Festival.
2010 PEGASUS (Pégase)
2014 L’ORCHESTRE DES AVEUGLES