The Mother of All Lies

2023·Morocco·97 min.
The Mother of All Lies
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A family’s web of lies and one young girl’s search to find the truth. Through her own voice, Asmae, daughter and filmmaker, flits between national and personal history to tell the 1981 Bread Riots in Morocco and shows how this event connects with contemporary Moroccan society.

DirectorAsmae El Moudir
ScreenwriterAsmae El Moudir
MusicNass-El Ghiwane
CinematographyHatem Nechi·Merouane Tiriri
CastZahra Jedat·Mohamed El Moudir·Ouarda Zorkani·Abdallah Ez Zouid·Said Masrour·Asmae El Moudir
Original titleThe Mother of All Lies