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For Bread Alone

For Bread Alone

2004•1h 37m•7.2/10
Drama

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7.2/10(4)

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.

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Language

AR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Saïd Taghmaoui

Saïd Taghmaoui

Young Mohamed Choukri

Fayçal Zeghadi

Fayçal Zeghadi

Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)

Billal Lahsini

Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)

Karim Benhadj

Taferseti

Sanaa Alaoui

Sanaa Alaoui

Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)

David Halevim

Haddou (Mohamed's father)

Marzia Tedeschi

Sallafa (bald woman)

Ahmed El Kouraichi

Ahmed El Kouraichi

Kabil (smuggler)

Jamil Hammoudi

Jamil Hammoudi

Ali

Francesca Codispoti

Francesca Codispoti

Harrouda (prostitute)

Giovanna Ria

Giovanna Ria

Bushra (deaf-mute)

Josè Dell'Abbiato

The Spaniard

Armando De Razza

Armando De Razza

Boualem (cafe owner)

Daniel Ducruet

Prison guard

Hamid Basket

Hamid Basket

Abdelmalek (the scribe)

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Marwani (the revolutionary)

Simona Manganaro

Assia (girl in the garden)

Sandra Loredana Cristiano

Prostitute 2

Ilaria De Laurentiis

Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)

Aida Ben Barka

Student

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