Crew
MS
Moumen Smihi
Director
MS
Mohamed Sekkat
Director of Photography
MS
Moumen Smihi
Writer
Cast
AB
Ahmed Boda
AC
Aicha Chari
Abdelkader Moutaa
LS
Leila Shenna
The East Wind
197580m9.0 (5)
Drama
Set in the mid-1950s when Tangier was still an international zone, El Chergui presents the city on the eve of its independence, as Aïcha resorts to magical practices to try to prevent her husband from taking a second wife. Around her, a society of women creates its own form of active resistance even as the larger independence movement grows around it. Through his unique use of montage, Smihi creates arresting images that present a society torn by the contradictions of colonialism, religion, patriarchy, and resistance. (Block Cinema)
