Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
A Feature film of
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Production year2000
French release21/03/2001
Runtime1 h 40 min
Synopsis
Ali, Kouka, Omar and Boubker, 12 years old, are street kids in Casablanca. The streets are their home and the people that live in them, their family. With nowhere to go and nowhere to hide, survival is an everyday problem and friendship is their irreplacable bond. Until one day, Ali is killed, his lige cut short by an act of vengeance from a rival gang. His friends could either abandon him dead but they decide to give him to burielnhe deserves-like a king. This fable is about quests, transgression, death and accomplishment. It’s a film about life.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Playtime Production
- Co-production : TF1 International
- Foreign production companies : 2M Télévision, Alexis Films, Ali n' Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIO TF1 Distribution (ex-Newen Connect)
- French distribution : Océan Films Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Étienne Comar, Jean Cottin, Antoine Voituriez
- Screenwriters : Nabil Ayouch, Nathalie Saugeon
- Director of Photography : Vincent Mathias
- Music Composers : Keith Jarrett, Henri Angel, Lili Boniche, Reinette L'Oranaise
- Assistant directors : Akrame El Meziane, Mohamed El Meziane
- Sound recordists : François Guillaume, Stéphane Reichart
- Costume designer : Nezha Dakil
- Associate producers : Martine Lévy-Lambrechts, Nabil Ayouch
- Press Attachés (film) : André-Paul Ricci, Tony Arnoux
- Continuity supervisor : Céline Breuil-Japy
- Location Manager : Frantz Richard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Childhood
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Morocco, Belgium, France
Box-office & releases
News & awards
Selections (12)
Sydney - Film Festival
Australia, 2001
World Cinema
Awards (1)
Delegations (2)
Berlin International Film Festival
Germany, 2001
Associate producer : Étienne Comar
Associate producer : Jean Cottin
