release date March 29 2022
Film Jrada Malha (Lost) Screens at The Mediterranean Film Club, Cairo Opera House
Moroccan film Jrada Malha (Lost), by Driss Roukhe, screens within The Mediterranean Film Club’s programme on Monday, March 28, at 7:00 PM, at Cinema El Hanager, Cairo Opera House. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Fayza Hendawi.
Recently, the film has been released at Saudi theaters, marking the first Moroccan film to be commercially released in Saudi cinemas. Furthermore, it won wide international acclaim and was described as “ A breathtaking enjoyable experience” in Canadian press.
Jrada Malha (Lost) received two awards: Jury award for Best Narrative Feature at Toronto Film Channel and Best Director at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival. The film was screened at prestigious global film festivals, including Buffalo International Film Festival in USA, The Netherlands Film Festival, Rabat International Author Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Abuja International Film Festival and several arab and international film festivals.
The film follows Rania, a young woman who is a victim of a conspiracy that aims to control her, as she finds herself in the middle of an experiment implemented by people she knows nothing about for ambiguous reasons. Consequently, the experiment stripped her of her life and memories, and replaced it with another life full of chaos, despair and loss. Rania decides to set off in search of her true life.
The film was shot in Ifran, Meknes, Azrou, and Ben Smime in Morocco. Directed by Driss Roukhe who also co-wrote the script with Adnane Mouhejja, the film stars Mouna R'miki, Adnane Mouhejja, Driss Roukhe, Abderrahim El Maniari, Fatima Zahra Bennacer and Khansa Batma.
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