About Some Meaningless Events

About Some Meaningless Events is a 1974 docu-fiction film directed by Mostafa Derkaoui.[1][2][3][4][5] Moroccan authorities banned the film after its first and only screening in Paris.[6][7]

About Some Meaningless Events
Directed byMostafa Derkaoui
Written byMostafa Derkaoui
Produced byMostafa Derkaoui
CinematographyAbdelkarim Derkaoui
Edited byMostafa Derkaoui
Music byNahorny
Running time
76 minutes
CountryMorocco
LanguageMoroccan Arabic

Widely believed to have been lost, negative prints were uncovered in the archives of the Filmoteca De Catalunya in Barcelona in 2016 by researcher Lea Morin. The prints were restored[8] and the film was then streamed online and presented at a number of events and film festivals,[9][10][11] including the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film,[12] MoMa's Doc Fortnight 2021 festival[13][14] and the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.[15]

Synopsis

A group of filmmakers in search of a theme to deal with interview young bypassers in Casablanca about their expectations and their relationship to Moroccan cinema. When they witness a crime committed by an exploited dockworker, who involuntarily kills his mobster boss, they decide to investigate the crime's motives, which ultimately leads them to some deep reflection on their role of cinema in Moroccan society.[16][6][17]

Cast
  • Abdellatif Nour
  • Abbas Fassi- Fihri
  • Hamid Zoughi
  • Mostafa Dziri,
  • Aïcha Saâdoun
  • Mohamed Derham
  • Salaheddine Benmoussa
  • Abdelkader Moutaâ
  • Khalid Jamaï
  • Chafik Shimi
  • Malika El Mesrar
  • Omar Chenbout
  • Mostafa Nissabouri

References
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  2. Dardar, Jihad. "Banned Moroccan Movie 'About Some Meaningless Events' Is Streaming Again". Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. "ARDECHE IMAGES - About Some Meaningless Events". lussasdoc.org. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. "De quelques événements sans signification". jcdh.armcdh.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  5. "De quelques évènements sans signification, Mostafa Derkaoui - Débordements". www.debordements.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  6. "About Some Meaningless Events (أحداث بلا دلالة)". Festival International du Film de Marrakech. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  7. Fafner, Hans Henrik (2019-11-19). "Meaningless events with a lot of meaning". MODERN TIMES REVIEW. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  8. "DE QUELQUES ÉVÉNEMENTS SANS SIGNIFICATION | Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival". Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  9. ""De quelques événements sans signification" : Mostafa Derkaoui face à son œuvre". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  10. "Jeudis cinéma droits humains : Projection "De quelques événements sans signification" de Moustafa Derkaoui". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  11. Firdaous, Kawtar (2021-07-26). ""Quelques événements sans signification" de Mustapha Derkaoui enfin projeté au Maroc". LobservateurDuMaroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  12. "ABOUT SOME MEANINGLESS EVENTS". FIDMarseille. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  13. "De quelques événements sans signification (About Some Meaningless Events) by Mostafa Derkaoui". frenchculture.org. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  14. "MoMA Presents: Mostafa Derkaoui's About Some Meaningless Events | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  15. ""De quelques évènements sans signification" de Derkaoui sera projeté à la Berlinale 45 ans après sa censure". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  16. "About Some Meaningless Events review – attempted murder and the movies". the Guardian. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  17. "About Some Meaningless Events". Archived from the original on 2021-11-15.
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