{{short description|2005 Moroccan film}} {{Infobox film | name = Marock | image = Marock.jpg | caption = ''Marock'' | director = Laïla Marrakchi | producer = Stéphanie Carreras | writer = Laïla Marrakchi | starring = Morjana Alaoui<br>Mathieu Boujenah<br>Assaad Bouab | music = | cinematography = Maxime Alexandre | editing = Pascale Fenouillet | distributor = Pan Européenne Distribution | released = {{Film date|2005}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = Morocco<br>France | language = Arabic<br>French | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Marock''''' is the 2005 Moroccan film by director Laïla Marrakchi. The film was 2006's most successful film in Morocco, taking more than 3 million dirhams at the Moroccan box-office, according to TelQuel. It deals with a Muslim-Jewish romantic relationship between two young people in Casablanca, Morocco, Rita and Youri.
The film was shown in Moroccan cinemas without being edited or censored.{{citation needed|date=September 2007}} The title '''Marock''' is a play on words based on the French name for Morocco, ''Maroc'', and ''rock'' as in ''rock 'n' roll''. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4284727/year/2005.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Marock |accessdate=2009-12-12|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
==Cast== * Morjana Alaoui – Rita Belghiti * Matthieu Boujenah – Youri Benchekri * Razika Simozrag – Asmaa * Fatym Layachi – Sofia * Assaad Bouab – Mao * Rachid Benhaissan – Driss * Khalid Maadour – Omar * Michael Souda – Mehdi
==Critical reception== The film received 3 stars out of 4 from the critic Alain Spira in ''Paris Match'': "Marrakchi depicts, in an original way, the young jet set of her country. [...] Hypocritical religion, arranged marriages, the Judeo-Arab rivalry, nothing is spared. But ''Marock'' is also a great cry of love for her country with its generous spirit and matchless style for living."<ref>Paris Match, No. 2961, 16–22 February 2006</ref>
''Marock'' was nominated for "Best Film" at the Sydney Film Festival and for the Contemporary World Cinema Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. It won the Coup de Cœur Audience Award at the Sarlat International Cinema Festival.
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==Notes== *[http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20060513p2g00m0in015000c.html]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060520201359/http://www.telquel-online.com/223/couverture_223_1.shtml]
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0415147}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060116042958/http://www.marock-lefilm.com/ Official website]}} (site offline, 5 December 2008)
Category:2005 films Category:French drama films Category:2005 Arabic-language films Category:Films set in Casablanca Category:Films about Moroccan Jews Category:Interfaith romance films Category:Films directed by Laïla Marrakchi Category:2005 drama films Category:Moroccan drama films Category:2000s Moroccan films Category:2005 French films {{Morocco-film-stub}}