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Stolen Childhood (1994)

Stolen Childhood poster
Directed by
Hakim Noury
Country
Morocco
Runtime
1h 30m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl works as a servant in a Casablanca home. She faces mistreatment and hardship from the people around her.

emotionally heavysaddisturbingslow-pacedrealisticintimatesympatheticharsh

What happens

L'Enfance volée (Stolen Childhood) is a 1994 Moroccan film by Hakim Noury. It is one of Noury's most popular and influential films. The film is set in Casablanca and tells the story of the abuse of a young servant girl. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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