A Thousand and One Hands (French: Les Mille et Une Mains, Arabic: Alf yad wa yad en arabe) is a 1973 Moroccan film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It was screened abroad and received critical acclaim despite being censored in Morocco.[10][11][12]
| A Thousand and One Hands | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Souheil Ben-Barka |
| Written by | Ahmed Badry, Cerami Vincenza |
| Starring | Abdou Chaibane, Aissa Ghazi, Mimsy Farmer |
| Cinematography | Girolamo Larosa |
| Edited by | Abdeslam Agnaou |
| Music by | Abdou Tahar |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | Morocco |
| Language | Moroccan Arabic |
Synopsis
editIn Marrakech, veteran dyer Moha and his son Miloud carry bundles of woolen thread. Thus begins the painstaking work of weaving carpets destined for sale abroad, and the hard work of the men, women and girls. With hardly any dialogue, the film illustrates the inhuman conditions of workers and the class struggle in Morocco in the 1970s.[9]
Cast
edit- Abdou Chaibane
- Aissa Elgazi
- Mimsy Farmer
- Ahmed Si
Awards and accolades
edit- Georges Sadoul Prize, Paris (1973)
- Etalon de Yennenga - FESPACO (1973)[13]
References
edit- ^ ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "IFcinéma - Les Mille et une mains". ifcinema.institutfrancais.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Africiné - Mille et une mains (Les)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Larousse, Éditions. "les Mille et Une Mains - LAROUSSE". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Articles sur Mille et une mains | Revues de cinéma". calindex.eu. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ A Thousand and One Hands, retrieved 2021-11-16
- ^ "A Thousand And One Hands (Les Mille Et Une Mains) | Film | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Cinescope (2018-09-25). "A Thousand and One Hands (Film)". Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ a b Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5.
- ^ "" Les Mille et Une Mains ", de Souhel Ben Barka". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1974-02-01. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "LES MILLE ET UNE MAINS – Fondo Fílmico del FCAT – Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Kuhn, Annette; Westwell, Guy (2012-06-21). A Dictionary of Film Studies. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-958726-1.
- ^ Stefanson, Blandine; Petty, Sheila (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.