# Marock

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{{short description|2005 Moroccan film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Marock
| image          = Marock.jpg
| caption        = ''Marock''
| director       = [Laïla Marrakchi](/source/La%C3%AFla_Marrakchi)
| producer       = [Stéphanie Carreras](/source/St%C3%A9phanie_Carreras)
| writer         = [Laïla Marrakchi](/source/La%C3%AFla_Marrakchi)
| starring       = [Morjana Alaoui](/source/Morjana_Alaoui)<br>[Mathieu Boujenah](/source/Matthieu_Boujenah)<br>[Assaad Bouab](/source/Assaad_Bouab)
| music          =
| cinematography = [Maxime Alexandre](/source/Maxime_Alexandre)
| editing        = [Pascale Fenouillet](/source/Pascale_Fenouillet)
| distributor    = Pan Européenne Distribution
| released       = {{Film date|2005}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = Morocco<br>France
| language       = [Arabic](/source/Arabic)<br>[French](/source/French_language)
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}

'''''Marock''''' is the 2005 [Moroccan film](/source/cinema_of_Morocco) by director [Laïla Marrakchi](/source/La%C3%AFla_Marrakchi). The film was 2006's most successful film in Morocco, taking more than 3 million [dirham](/source/dirham)s at the Moroccan [box-office](/source/box-office), according to [TelQuel](/source/TelQuel). It deals with a Muslim-Jewish romantic relationship between two young people in [Casablanca](/source/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](/source/Un_Certain_Regard) section at the [2005 Cannes Film Festival](/source/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](/source/Morjana_Alaoui) – Rita Belghiti
* [Matthieu Boujenah](/source/Matthieu_Boujenah) – Youri Benchekri
* [Razika Simozrag](/source/Razika_Simozrag) – Asmaa
* [Fatym Layachi](/source/Fatym_Layachi) – Sofia
* [Assaad Bouab](/source/Assaad_Bouab) – Mao
* [Rachid Benhaissan](/source/Rachid_Benhaissan) – Driss
* [Khalid Maadour](/source/Khalid_Maadour) – Omar
* [Michael Souda](/source/Michael_Souda) – Mehdi

==Critical reception==
The film received 3 stars out of 4 from the critic Alain Spira in ''[Paris Match](/source/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](/source/Sydney_Film_Festival) and for the Contemporary World Cinema Award at the [Toronto International Film Festival](/source/Toronto_International_Film_Festival). It won the Coup de Cœur Audience Award at the Sarlat International Cinema Festival.

==References==
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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
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