Achoura
Sign in to saveAchoura is a 2018 Moroccan-French horror fantasy film directed and co-written by Talal Selhami. Moroccan actors Omar Lotfi and Younes Bouab star alongside Sofia Manousha, Ivan Gonzalez, Mohamed Choubi, and Moussa Masskri. The film's plot follows four childhood friends who reconnect when one of them, who disappeared 25 years prior during the Ashura holiday, re-enters their lives, leading them to confront a monstrous djinn. The film is regarded as the first Moroccan fantasy film.
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5.4Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.
Released: 2020-06-2690 minDir: Talal SelhamiFantasy, Horror, Thriller
Cast
- Sofiia Manousha as Nadia
- Younes Bouab as Ali
- Omar Lotfi as Samir
- Iván González as Stéphane
- Moussa Maaskri as Le Gardien
- Mohamed Choubi as Commissaire Majd
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Key dates
- Published
- 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- Morocco
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Talal Selhami
- Duration
- +90
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Achoura is a 2018 Moroccan-French horror fantasy film directed and co-written by Talal Selhami. Moroccan actors Omar Lotfi and Younes Bouab star alongside Sofia Manousha, Ivan Gonzalez, Mohamed Choubi, and Moussa Masskri. The film's plot follows four childhood friends who reconnect when one of them, who disappeared 25 years prior during the Ashura holiday, re-enters their lives, leading them to confront a monstrous djinn. The film is regarded as the first Moroccan fantasy film.
Described as the first monster movie shot in Morocco, Achoura premiered in December 2018 at the Paris International Fantastic Film Festival. The film met success at the Tangier National Film Festival where it won the award for best production, and at the Film Festival of Marrakech. The film also won the grand prize at the Hard Line Festival in Germany in October 2018.