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Rock the Casbah

Arab American Heritage Month • 1h 39m

Directed by Laïla Marrakchi • Drama • With Morjana Alaoui, Hiam Abbass • 2013 • 100 minutes

The patriarch of a family dies suddenly, prompting a reunion of his daughters, some of whom haven't seen each other for a long time. In the midst of mourning their father, traditions are upheld... and secrets are revealed.

"[An] affirmation of life as an eternal cycle in which joy and sorrow are bound together." —Sydney Morning Herald

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africa, comedy, drama, family, immigration, morocco, narrative, northern africa, ovid, rock the casbah, tangiers, under the milky way

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