Where Are You Going Moshé?

Where Are You Going Moshé? (French title : Où vas-tu Moshé?, Arabic title : فين ماشي ياموشي - Fin Mashi Ya Moshe ?) is a Moroccan-Canadian film directed by Hassan Benjelloun and released in 2007.[1][2][3][4] Set up in the small town of Boujad, the movie depicts the turmoil created in a small town after the exodus of the Jews of Morocco, especially between the last Jew in town, Shlomo, and the owner of the only bar in the town, Mustapha. The film, although a work of fiction, is shot in the style of a documentary.[5] The plot was largely inspired by an original script by Ahmed Seffar Andaloussi.

Where Are You Going Moshe ?
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHassan Benjelloun
Produced byHassan Benjelloun
Anne-Marie Gélinas
Andrew Noble
Written byHassan Benjelloun
StarringSimon Elbaz
Abdelkader Lotfi
Malika El Hamaoui
Hamadi Tounsi
Rim Shmaou
Ilham Loulidi
Hassan Essakalli
Abderrahim Bargache
Release date
2007
Running time
90 minutes
CountryMorocco
LanguageMoroccan Arabic
French

Plot

Mustapha is the manager of the only bar in the small town of Boujad, in Morocco. The Islamic authorities in the town are eager to close it because consumption of alcohol is prohibited to the Muslims, but they cannot do anything since the city remains inhabited by a Jewish community. As long as there are customers who are allowed to consume alcohol, Mustapha is free to go on with his business. But when Moroccan Jews are starting to immigrate to the new state of Israel, and as the town is emptied of its Jewish community, Mustapha is terrified about having to close his business. He will attempt the impossible to keep the only remaining Jew in Boujad, Shlomo Bensoussan—whose wife Freha and daughter Rachel moved to Israel—from leaving the town.

Cast
  • Simon Elbaz as Shlomo Bensoussan
  • Abdelkader Lotfi as Mustapha
  • Malika El Hamaoui as Zaina
  • Hamadi Tounsi as Moshe
  • Rim Shmaou as Rachel Bensoussan
  • Ilham Loulidi as Freha Bensoussan
  • Hassan Essakalli as Abdelsammad
  • Abderrahim Bargache as The Rabbi

References
  1. "Où Vas-Tu Moshé ? (Finemachiyamoshe?) - Telefilm Canada". Telefilm.ca. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. Orlando, Valérie (30 September 2010). "Ou vas-tu Moshé? (Where Are You Going, Moshé?)". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 27 (5): 451–453. doi:10.1080/10509208.2010.495027. ISSN 1050-9208. S2CID 189408788.
  3. Mandelbaum, Jacques (8 June 2010). ""Où vas-tu Moshé ?" : une comédie douce-amère sur l'exode des juifs marocains". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. Orlando, Valérie K. (5 May 2011). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-89680-478-4.
  5. Gugler, Josef (15 January 2011). Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-292-72327-6.


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