Casanegra
7.3
“What's white about Casablanca, they should call it Casanegra”
A Moroccan-Norwegian co-production about the dark side of Casablanca (Casanegra). In a country where good virtues are the norm in public, Casanegra shows the vices: domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse. Meet Karim and Adil and their struggle in the big city.
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Cast
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Anas El Baz
Karim
Known for
The Forgiven
Ransomed
Omar Lotfi
Adil
Also in
Ghosts of Beirut
Achoura
Mohamed Benbrahim
Zrirek
Known for
Friends Jokes
Ghita Tazi
Nabila
No other roles listed
Driss Roukhe
Adil's stepfather
Known for
Babel
Rendition
Fatima Herandi Raouya
Barmida
Known for
The Physician
Close
Fatiha Ouatili
Adil's mother
Also in
Long Night
Life Certificate
Zakaria Atifi
Taxi driver
Known for
The Blue Caftan
Hassan Essakali
El Hajj
Known for
The Message
Mohamed Boughaba
Karim's father
Haitham El Idrissi
Haitam "The Turtle"
No other roles listed
Michel Botbol
Rami
No other roles listed
Nour-Eddine Lakhmari Director · Richard Horowitz Composer Amine Snoop Composer
Worldwide gross $90K · Budget $1.5M · First release December 12, 2008
Box office
Budget
$1,460,910
Worldwide gross
$89,932
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Sigma Technologies
Production
Soread-2M
Production
Centre Cinématographique Marocain
Production
Bodega Films
Production
Morocco
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
United Arab Emirates · December 12, 2008
Premiere · Dubai Film Festival
Morocco · December 24, 2008
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
January 13, 2010 · Theatrical
France
October 21, 2009 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 21, 2009 · Theatrical
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