The Mother of All Lies (2023)

Original title

كذب أبيض

Directed by

Asmae El Moudir

Genre

documentary film

Country

Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A director investigates her own family's past to uncover truths hidden by silence and memory. She blends her personal story with the broader history of her country.

personalintrospectivecontemplativefamily-focusedhistoricalearnestreflective

What happens

The Mother of All Lies (Arabic: كذب أبيض, romanized: kadib ʿabyaḍ, lit. 'White Lies') is a 2023 Arabic-language documentary film directed, written, produced and edited by Asmae El Moudir. The film explores the director's search for truth in her family background, combining personal and national history. It is a co-production between Morocco, Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The film had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where El Moudir won the Un Certain Regard Best Director award. In December of that year, it became the first Moroccan film in the 20-year history of the Marrakech International Film Festival to win the Étoile d'Or, the festival's top prize. It was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, and was one of the 15 finalist films in the December shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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