The Rif Lover (2011)

Original title

L'Amante du Rif

Directed by

Narjiss Nejjar

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 31m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman navigates love and desire in a small Moroccan town. Her choices strain family bonds and test social expectations.

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What happens

L'Amante du Rif is a film co-produced by Morocco, Belgium and France, directed by Moroccan filmmaker Narjiss Nejjar and released in 2011. The film, a loose adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Nejjar's mother, Noufissa Sbaï, was screened at multiple film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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