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Basma Production

About Some Meaningless Events

1974 78 min Arabic A
Wubly rating 6.8 IMDb rating 6.6

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

19 people

Mostafa Derkaoui Director · Abdelkrim Derkaoui Cinematographer

United States release January 20, 2021 · Produced in Morocco · Languages Arabic, French

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Basma Production

Production

Morocco

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Languages

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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