ADIOS CARMEN / MOHAMED AMIN BENAMRAOUI
Its 1975. Ten-year-old Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, eagerly awaiting the unlikely return of his mother, who's left him for Belgium.
He finds a much needed friend in his neighbor, Carmen, a Spanish exile from the Franco regime. Their unlikely friendship develops through the bond of cinema, and sheds light on the ancient and complicated story that connects Spaniards and Moroccans.
Adios Carmen invokes such italian classics as Il Postino and Cinema Paradiso
Director: Mohamed Amin Benamraoui
AWARDS
- Muhr Arab Special Mention (DIFF 2013)
- 1st Prize at the Festival of Black Screens (Cameroon 2013)
Film showing: Saturday September 20, 2014 at 7:30 PM
RT: 103 mins
Its 1975. Ten-year-old Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, eagerly awaiting the unlikely return of his mother, who's left him for Belgium.
He finds a much needed friend in his neighbor, Carmen, a Spanish exile from the Franco regime. Their unlikely friendship develops through the bond of cinema, and sheds light on the ancient and complicated story that connects Spaniards and Moroccans.
Adios Carmen invokes such italian classics as Il Postino and Cinema Paradiso
Director: Mohamed Amin Benamraoui
AWARDS
- Muhr Arab Special Mention (DIFF 2013)
- 1st Prize at the Festival of Black Screens (Cameroon 2013)
Film showing: Saturday September 20, 2014 at 7:30 PM
RT: 103 mins
Its 1975. Ten-year-old Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, eagerly awaiting the unlikely return of his mother, who's left him for Belgium.
He finds a much needed friend in his neighbor, Carmen, a Spanish exile from the Franco regime. Their unlikely friendship develops through the bond of cinema, and sheds light on the ancient and complicated story that connects Spaniards and Moroccans.
Adios Carmen invokes such italian classics as Il Postino and Cinema Paradiso
Director: Mohamed Amin Benamraoui
AWARDS
- Muhr Arab Special Mention (DIFF 2013)
- 1st Prize at the Festival of Black Screens (Cameroon 2013)
Film showing: Saturday September 20, 2014 at 7:30 PM
RT: 103 mins
