In Search of My Wife's Husband

In Search of My Wife's Husband
Directed byMohamed Abderrahman Tazi
Written byFarida Ben Lyazid
StarringMohamed Afifi, Abderrahim Bargach, Ahmed Taïeb El Alj, Mouna Fettou
CinematographyFederica Ribes
Edited byKahéna Attia
Music byAbdelwahab Doukkali, Chritian Baldos
Production
companies
ATA, Canal+ Horizons, Cinétéléfilms, Radio Télévision Marocaine (RTM), Touza Productions
Running time
88 minutes
CountryMorocco
LanguageMoroccan Arabic

In Search of My Wife's Husband (French: À la recherche du mari de ma femme) is a 1993 Moroccan comedy film directed by Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi[1][2] and written by Farida Belyazid.[3][4][5][6][7] It was screened at multiple national[8][9][10] and international film festivals.,[11][12][13][14][15] where it won a number of prizes. It is one of Morocco's most popular domestic films, reaching approximately a million spectators.[16] Lalla Hobby is the film's sequel.[17]

Synopsis

An unrepentant womanizer, polygamist Hadj Benmoussa lives in the old medina of Fez with his three wives, who maintain fairly good relations between themselves within their household. When he suspects his favorite wife Houda of flirting with a younger man, he divorces her for the third time in a sudden fit of jealousy, but soon comes to regret it. But Islamic law is intractable on the matter: Hadj Benmoussa will be able to marry Houda again only if another man makes her his wife and divorces her in his turn...

Cast

  • Bachir Skiredj (Hadj Ben Moussa)
  • Mouna Fettou (Houda)
  • Naïma Lamcharki (Lalla Rabea)
  • Amina Rachid (Lalla Hobby)
  • Fatima Moustaid (Tamo)
  • Lalla Mamma (Houda's mother)
  • Mohamed Afifi (Houda's father)
  • Ahmed Taïeb El Alj (jeweler)
  • Abderrahim Bargach (tailor)
  • Mahdi Kotbi (the second husband)
  • Fatima Mernissi

References

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  2. ^ Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66252-4.
  3. ^ Orlando, Valerie; Orlando, Valérie K. (2011-05-24). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-281-0.
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  8. ^ "À la recherche du mari de ma femme (البحث عن زوج امرأتي)". Festival International du Film de Marrakech (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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  12. ^ MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - En ouverture, "A la recherche du mari de ma femme"". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  13. ^ "A la recherche du mari de ma femme". Association Cinémas et Cultures d'Afrique (in French). 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  14. ^ "Festival du film marocain à New York : "Les coeurs brûlés" de Maânouni en ouverture". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  15. ^ "miradas-marroquies"-a-la-recherche-du-mari-de-ma-femme-88-marruecos "Festival Cultural Musagadir. Ciclo de cine "Miradas marroquíes". À la recherche du mari de ma femme. (88'. Marruecos)". Museos de Tenerife (in Spanish). 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  16. ^ Gugler, Josef (2011-01-15). Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72327-6.
  17. ^ "La suite de "A la recherche du mari de ma femme" : Lalla Hobby change de mari". L'Economiste (in French). 1996-06-06. Retrieved 2021-11-15.