| | |  | MOROCCO | Home » » Ali Zaoua | | | | | | | Description: | | Ali kwita omar & boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left dib & his gang they have been living in constant fear of dibs revenge. Studio: Repnet Llc Release Date: 03/24/2006 Run time: 99 minutes | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Saïd Taghmaoui, Mounim Kbab, Mustapha Hansali, Abdelhak Zhayra, Amal Ayouch | | Director:
| Nabil Ayouch | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled | | Language:
| Arabic, French | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Film Movement | | Run Time:
| 99 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 01, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Respect and dignity prevail over a wretched lifeAug 13, 2005
By (Rizzo) Rizzuto
Director Nabil Ayouvh's 2nd movie focuses the daily activities of street urchins in Casablanca Morocco. These young boys lived together in vacant lots and participated in gang life, begging, prostitution, glue sniffing and violence. Ali Zaoua ran away from home when his mother was propositioned to sell his eyes.
The movie begins when four boys break away from their gang leader, Dib. As the thugs attempt to win them back, Young Ali Zaoua is killed when hit in the head with by a flying rock. We don't get to know who Ali is, as he is killed immediately, but we learn about him as the boys worship him as a hero and a prince as they embark on a journey to bury him with dignity, on a private island he dreamed about. Ali's dream was to be a sailor. The friends hide his body in a hole/cave so that only they can bury him at sea.
It is said that Director Ayouch recruited non-professional actors, actual street kids, unlike the oldest boy, a deaf gang leader who is a real actor.
You will see depiction of the rough life these boys endure, but you will explore their childhood innocence and their dreams. It is a sharp contrast. We see this film through the eyes of the children. It is a moving film about friends who live between children surviving on the streets with brutal realities and fables and fantasy.
This 2000 movie has won numerous awards. The DVD subtitles are very clear to read. There isn't much on the special features, and lacks much about the director or any commentary.
See this movie with family, although there is harsh language, it may not be suitable for young children. The message is powerful and moving. ....Rizzo
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
The Real CasablancaDec 04, 2006
By Jedidiah Palosaari
"Not My Real Name"
This is an incredibly moving portrait of the life of homeless children on the streets of Casablanca. I first saw this four years ago at an Arab Film Festival, and just now watched it again, for the first time after living in Casablanca for three years, learning the culture and language. While I question the complete accuracy of some of the translation, the main message comes across correctly, showing us the real Casablanca.
That other movie by the name- it has nothing to do with reality. Nice movie, but it's done on a soundstage in Hollywood. Honestly, there should be a clue when the moving moment in the movie is when there's a battle between the German and French national anthems- and no mention of the Moroccan anthem. If you want to see a movie of what life is like in Morocco, I'd recommend Hideous Kinky. If you want to see what life is like in Casablanca, I'd recommend this one.
There are many beautiful places in Morocco. Casablanca's not one of them. It's a large, gritty city of six million. The best thing it has going for it are the unofficial three million poor living in shanty towns- for there is great opportunity in Casablanca to care for the poor and work with them. This movie vividly describes their plight- and the poorest of the poor who don't even have a roof over their heads. There are truly children everywhere, begging when the taxi pulls up, sniffing glue, and looking for food. Unique among major Arab cities, Casablanca truly does support two red light districts. This is a hard movie. There are scenes in it you never want to see again- and made all the worse because they are reality.
There is also poignant joy in the movie, interspersed wit magical realism and simple animation showing the hope the children create for themselves in the midst of squalor and evil. Even without glue they find moments to laugh at. Nabil Ayouch, the director, scored a coup in using actual street kids for performances, one of whom (the soccer player) went on to star in the most popular Moroccan sitcoms, like Laila Fatima. It gives greater veracity to the ups and downs of their lives. At times the soccer player breaks out into song, using the national anthem with new words of simple love. The joy in cora, soccer, and the support for that greatest of Casablanca teams, Raja, is palpable. Soccer brings the moments of greatest bliss in the movie, where the soccer player brings a smile that can light up the entire block. This is true Casablanca. In three years, the happiest I ever saw men on the street is when Morocco advanced to the Finals of the Africa Cup.
This movie is filled with awfulness, for it is too true, too real. It is about the hardship of life. And finding the small parts of good, even if you have to imagine them. In Moroccan Arabic, Raja means "Hope".
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10 of 14 found the following review helpful:
One of the Best Moroccan Films, Story of orphan kidsJan 01, 2005
By daznote
"Daniel"
Best film I have seen in this year (2002). A Story of friendship and hope. Childhood struggles in an orphan life. orphan kids wander the streets in the city's abandoned construction sites. Takes place in Casablanca, Morocco.
Sorrowful but beautifulJan 25, 2012
By maximum verbosity
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets is a powerful film about a young boy's dreams of becoming a sailor, to live on and island with two suns setting at the same time, influencing his closest friends where to bury him. The coastal city of Casablanca's inner city gang life has all the emotions of human feelings of violence, drama, hatred, joy, and love of dreams even in the harshest environments. Nabil Ayouch's directing skills and outstanding young actors illustrate a picture few want to see and yet a teaching tool about life; all children have dreams.The few adults in the film have important supporting rolls to Ali's friends and to a lesser degree to the rest of the group. This film might be seen by older children or college students in appropriate class settings and can handle the raw emotions seen in this film.
Though very sad, I thought the way the stories of brotherly love, hope for the future and desire for family weaved in and out of one another was very well done. The little actors in this film were amazingly good (and I read many of them were and are actual street children who were recruited for this film) and the cinematography was beautiful.
 Just OkayDec 27, 2011
By SanDiegoJesse
Perhaps I've seen too many movies with the same theme, but this movie was just okay. Nothing that I would rave about.
And it reminded me of something that I've meant to say in reviews, but have forgotten. As much as I dislike American films for all the violence, car chases, etc., one thing I really like is that no animals are harmed in the making of their movies.
Not so with many foreign films. Sure, I understand it's part of other cultures, perhaps. But it is still hard to watch as in this film with the chicken and in others where the heads are severed and the life drains from them.
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