Ali Zaoua

Ali, Kwita, and Boubker are a group of street urchins living on the hard streets of Casablanca. Their everyday lives are filled with violence, begging and indifference. In order to survive, they create a bond of friendship and family between them. The bond is cut short when Ali is senselessly killed at the beginning of the film; his life taken by a single act of a rival gang. Ali’s friends decide not to report his death to the police, but rather to bury him “like a prince”. Ali Zaoua captures the power of dreams and presence of hope in the harshest of circumstances.

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