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MOTHER OF ALL LIES, THE (F/F)
Asmae El Moudir | Morocco/Egypt | 2023 | 98 mins In this remarkable fusing of the documentary and memoir form, young Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir uses a miniature reproduction of the Casablanca neighbourhood she grew up in to reconstruct her memories of living under the iron rule of a grandmother so religiously devout that photographs were prohibited because they are haram. Inventively blending shots of the puppet stage with live footage, the film does a terrific job of evoking the viscera...
Asmae El Moudir | Morocco/Egypt | 2023 | 98 mins In this remarkable fusing of the documentary and memoir form, young Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir uses a miniature reproduction of the Casablanca neighbourhood she grew up in to reconstruct her memories of living under the iron rule of a grandmother so religiously devout that photographs were prohibited because they are haram. Inventively blending shots of the puppet stage with live footage, the film does a terrific job of evoking the viscera...
