THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES

The mother of all lies / 93’ / 2023 / Marruecos, Egipto, Arabia Saudí, Qatar

Direction: Asmae El Moudir
Production: Asmae El Moudir
Script: Asmae El Moudir
Editing: Asmae El Moudir
Cinematography: Hatem Nechi
Sound: Michael Fawzy

Asmae El Moudir wants to know why she only has one photograph from her childhood, and why the girl in the picture is not even her. She decides to explore the past by creating a handmade replica of the Casablanca neighborhood where she grew up. There, she begins to interrogate her family about their home and their country. Slowly, she starts to unravel the years of deception and intentional forgetting that have shaped her life.

ASMAE EL MOUDIR. Moroccan film director, screenwriter, and producer. She studied at La Fémis (Paris) and holds a master’s degree in production from
the Superior Institute of Information and Communication (Rabat) and a bachelor’s degree in documentary  cinema from the Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (Tetouan). Graduated from the Moroccan Film Academy in Film studies, she has directed documentaries for Al Jazeera Documentary or BBC and has won international awards.

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