About Some Meaningless Events
In Casablanca, a group of filmmakers conduct discussions with people about their expectations of, and aspirations for, the emerging Moroccan national cinema. When a disgruntled worker kills his superior accidentally, their inquest shifts focus, and they begin to probe the motives of the killing.
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Cast
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Mostafa Derkaoui Director · Abdelkrim Derkaoui Cinematographer
United States release January 20, 2021 · Produced in Morocco · Languages Arabic, French
Production
Basma Production
Production
Morocco
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Original title
أحداث بلا دلالة
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Morocco · January 1, 1974
Limited theatrical
United States · January 20, 2021
Digital · Mubi
United States
March 18, 2021 · Digital · Museum of Modern Art New York — Doc Fortnight 2021 Virtual Cinema screening
France
November 1, 1975 · Premiere · Screened at a festival in Paris in November 1975
March 15, 2022 · Premiere · 44th Cinéma du Réel
Germany
February 13, 2019 · Premiere · 69th Berlinale
Italy
June 22, 2019 · Premiere · 33rd Il Cinema Ritrovato
Morocco
March 25, 1977 · Premiere · Screened at the Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (between the 25th and the 31st of March)
Portugal
November 27, 2019 · restored version Porto/Post/Doc - 6th Film & Media Festival
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