Azalarabe Alaoui is a Moroccan director who strives to shed light on political and social issues as well as on those who are mistreated by society. His most recent film Kilikis, the Town of Owls, is a brave cinematic exploration of a painful period in Moroccan history that challenges those who would try and bury the truth.
Arrested in 1973, the Bourequat brothers never knew why they spent 19 years in the Tazmamart secret prison. Wednesday in Paris Bayazid, one of the three brothers, passed away.
Son of the King's entertainer and brother of a Tazmamart prisoner, Mahi Binebine shared the story that tore his family apart for years. Through his new novel, «Le Fou du Roi», the writer tries to forgive his father and bed a farewell to the painful past.