حليمةHalima
- Director
- Yassine El Idrissi
- Countries
- Morocco
- Year
- 2026
- Running time
- 85 min
- Language
- Arabic
At El Gouna Film Festival
- Ninth edition · 2026Feature Narrative CompetitionThe 2026 edition
What it is about
Halima lives on Morocco’s coast and makes a living by gathering and selling mussels. An unknown phone call brings her long-buried past back to light. After her husband passed away, Halima stayed alone in their old house in the mountains. The land is undergoing drastic changes, leaving her home, livelihood and sense of belonging all precarious. Grief, hardship and displacement follow one after another. Though fate knocks her down time and again, she never surrenders.A former photojournalist, the director captures this one-woman battle with stark cinematography. Free from grand outcries, the film lays bare her everyday resilience. Amid constant flux and loss, this woman stands firm, striving to carve out her own place in the world.
Key roles
- Director
- Yassine el Idrissi
Full credits
Cast
4- Khadija Amari
- Rabii EL Fakih
- Nacer Mdaghri
- Walid Wafi
Directing
1- Yassine el Idrissi
Companies
Saffron Film Production
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