Rock the Casbah
FILM BY LAÏLA MARRAKCHI
Starring
NARDINE LABAKI, MORJANA ALAOUI, LUBNA AZABAI, HIAM ABBASS,
and OMAR SHARIF
SYNOPSIS:
Summer in Tangiers, Morocco. A family reunite for three days in their home following the death of their patriarch, the influential businessman Moulay Hassan (film legend Omar Sharif), to share their memories and to grieve for his loss according to Muslim tradition. They have left the beach behind and swapped swimsuits for djellabas as everyone gathers in a show of mourning.
However, sparks start to fly when prodigal daughter Sofia jets in from New York after several years away. The youngest, she has made a new life for herself as an actress in America, but frustratingly, only ever gets television roles as a terrorist. Her return provides the opportunity to settle some scores with her sisters, as the order once maintained by Moulay breaks down.
Between laughter and tears, a collective hysteria leads each of the women to confront some home truths that have boiled beneath the surface for years.
