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The independent contemporary art center and publishing house Kulte is organizing an evening in posthumous tribute to Franco-Moroccan documentarian Dalila Ennadre on Wednesday, May 14, in Rabat. The work of the filmmaker, who passed away in 2020, will be honored in the presence of her daughter, actress Lilya Ennadre, as well as several speakers, close friends, and former collaborators. The evening will include video tributes and the screening of a rarely shown documentary in Morocco.
Released in 2008, I Loved So Much (J’ai tant aimé) tells the story of Fadma, a Moroccan woman recruited by the French army to serve as a prostitute in Indochina, alongside French officers and Moroccan soldiers. In front of the camera, she shares her own harrowing account.
By the mid-20th century, Southeast Asia had become a battleground for decolonization. From 1946 to 1954, the First Indochina War claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. In that struggle for independence, France not only colonized land and minds—but also women’s bodies.
Whether local or brought from France’s African colonies, women were forced into prostitution in military brothels—bordels militaires de campagne (BMC)—often set up near barracks. In I Loved So Much, Dalila Ennadre offers a deeply personal yet never voyeuristic look into this world, finally giving voice to women like Fadma who lived through it.
As part of the tribute, two additional films by Ennadre will be made available to the public: I Would Like to Tell You (2005) and Walls and Men (2014), which spotlight the unheard voices of Casablanca’s medina, the city where Ennadre was born.
