Jillali Ferhati

Jillali Ferhati Trailers

Al Massira: The Green March TrailerPillow Secrets TrailerLa grande villa Trailer

Jilali Ferhati is a Moroccan filmmaker, was born in 1948, in Aït Ouahi near Khémisset but grew up in Tangier. He studied sociology and literature in Paris and then launched his career in theater, working as an actor and director at the Theatre International in Paris. In 1982, he founded "Heracles Production", a production company. His debut in cinema was in 1978 with the feature film Brèche dans le mur (A Breach In the Wall), selected for the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival. His 1982 film Arais Min Kassab was screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section, and his 1991 film The Beach of Lost Children was entered into the main competition at the 48th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

Most Popular Jillali Ferhati Trailers

Total trailers found: 12

Al Massira: The Green March Trailer (2016)

27 April 2016

The Green March is a film where the destinies of a handful of men and women intertwine, all united by the common goal of peacefully fighting for the freedom of a colonized territory, driven by the same dream: to contribute to the construction of modern Morocco.

The Beach of Lost Children Trailer (1991)

09 April 1991

Since Mina is sufficiently mentally impaired that her judgement is not all that it might be, in this Moroccan drama her actions are not questioned.

Braids Trailer (2000)

21 November 2000

Amin is a teenage boy who lives with his two sisters, Kenza and Saida, in Tangier. Tragedy strikes when Saida is raped by the son of the man Kenza works for as a maid.

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.

Red Dolls Trailer (1981)

02 January 1981

In this study of the chauvanistic aspects of Moroccan culture, a young woman is forced to marry someone chosen for her (she has no say in the matter), and when he dies after leaving her with three children and his mother to care for, she is hard put to feed them and make ends meet.

La grande villa Trailer (2010)

25 March 2010

A Franco-Moroccan couple leaves France to settle in Morocco and faces the eyes of others. The large villa is a poignant drama that highlights cultural differences between France and Morocco and offers a beautiful lesson in tolerance.

The Big Trip Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

A young man drives a truck loaded with dates from southern Morocco into Tangiers.

Memory in Detention Trailer (2004)

02 March 2004

A young delinquent who has just come out of prison finds himself put to a difficult mission: to track a relative of an ex-detainee who lost his memory during the long years of his detention.

Pillow Secrets Trailer (2013)

29 January 2013

A young woman, who is in charge of an orphanage, is summoned by the police to help identify a corpse.

El sueño de Tánger Trailer (1991)

24 May 1991

Three friends get involved with arms traffickers in Tangiers.

Make-Believe Horses Trailer (1995)

02 January 1995

The film focuses on an ill-matched group of individuals who meet up in Tangier, all nursing hopeless dreams of going to Europe: Mohamed to see a horse race, Ali to have an operation to restore his sight, Fatima to rejoin her mother.

A Breach in the Wall Trailer (1978)

02 January 1978

Through the eyes of a deaf-mute, we discover the life of three marginalized residents of Tangiers. One is a tour guide, the second a writer and the third a bureaucrat.