Farida Benlyazid Trailers

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Farida Benlyazid (born March 18, 1948, Tangier, Morocco) is a Moroccan scriptwriter, producer, production manager, novelist, and director. She began working in the field of cinema and cinematic production in the seventies. According to Sandra Gayle Carter, author of What Moroccan Cinema? : A Historical and Critical Study, Benlyazid continues to be one of the few Moroccan women in the field. From the start of her career up until 2003, she was the only female filmmaker in Morocco. Benlyazid's films, novel adaptations, documentaries and scripts have garnered much international recognition. She has become known for representing the struggles and obstacles faced by Moroccan women and incorporating her own personal experiences into her scripts and films. Carter further states that the relationships between gender, society, and religion are articulated in Benlyazid's work, which represents women as multi-dimensional and individualist, each defined by their own age, class, and personal and cultural upbringing.

Most Popular Farida Benlyazid Trailers

Total trailers found: 10

The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

The daughter of an Englishman and an Andalusian woman, Juanita rejects the historical changes taking place in Tangier.

Badis Trailer (1989)

02 January 1989

Story of two women in a small fishing village, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan territory. Touria is married to the school teacher, who suspects her of infidelity and confines her to the house.

Women's Wiles Trailer (1999)

02 January 1999

As the son of the Sultan loves Aisha, the pampered daughter of the merchant, they both play tricks on each other to determine who is the most intelligent, a man or a woman.

Casanayda! Trailer (2007)

17 July 2007

Casanayda! follows young actors representative of the burgeoning Moroccan artistic and cultural scene in their successes as well as in their struggles.

Casablanca, Casablanca Trailer (2002)

17 July 2002

The story of Aicha, a young girl who disappears one day, and whose father lives a difficult life that gets even worse after her disappearance.

Five Films for a Hundred Years Trailer (1995)

02 January 1995

A collective film made to celebrate the centenary of cinema.

In Search of My Wife's Husband Trailer (1993)

02 January 1993

Lhadj Benmoussa, a rich jeweler, is married to several wives and appear to be a good manager of the three concubines, except when Houda, his third wife, who is young and gracious, is repudiated for the third time.

Niya Taghlab Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

"Mustapha" a taxi driver in the city of Tangier, during one of his trips the driver will accidentally meet a lost woman named "Toraya", who is foreign to the city and has no place to live in.

A Door to the Sky Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

In this Sufi tale, Nadia, a young Moroccan emigre returns from Paris to Fez to visit her dying father.

Frontiers Trailer (2013)

17 July 2013

Maité goes to the city of Laayoune where Dahmane is waiting for het to produce a documentary program about the Moroccan Sahara.