Where Are You Going Moshé?

Where Are You Going Moshe ?
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hassan Benjelloun
Produced by	Hassan Benjelloun; Anne-Marie Gélinas; Andrew Noble
Written by	Hassan Benjelloun
Starring	Simon Elbaz ; Abdelkader Lotfi; Malika El Hamaoui ; Hamadi Tounsi ; Rim Shmaou ; Ilham Loulidi; Hassan Essakalli; Abderrahim Bargache
Release date	2007
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Morocco
Language	Moroccan Arabic; French

Where Are You Going Moshé? (French title : Où vas-tu Moshé?, Arabic title : فين ماشي ياموشي - Fin Mashi Ya Moshe ?) is a Moroccan-Canadian film directed by Hassan Benjelloun and released in 2007.[1][2][3][4] Set up in the small town of Boujad, the movie depicts the turmoil created in a small town after the exodus of the Jews of Morocco, especially between the last Jew in town, Shlomo, and the owner of the only bar in the town, Mustapha. The film, although a work of fiction, is shot in the style of a documentary.[5] The plot was largely inspired by an original script by Ahmed Seffar Andaloussi.

Plot

Mustapha is the manager of the only bar in the small town of Boujad, in Morocco. The Islamic authorities in the town are eager to close it because consumption of alcohol is prohibited to the Muslims, but they cannot do anything since the city remains inhabited by a Jewish community. As long as there are customers who are allowed to consume alcohol, Mustapha is free to go on with his business. But when Moroccan Jews are starting to immigrate to the new state of Israel, and as the town is emptied of its Jewish community, Mustapha is terrified about having to close his business. He will attempt the impossible to keep the only remaining Jew in Boujad, Shlomo Bensoussan—whose wife Freha and daughter Rachel moved to Israel—from leaving the town.

Cast

Simon Elbaz as Shlomo Bensoussan
Abdelkader Lotfi as Mustapha
Malika El Hamaoui as Zaina
Hamadi Tounsi as Moshe
Rim Shmaou as Rachel Bensoussan
Ilham Loulidi as Freha Bensoussan
Hassan Essakalli as Abdelsammad
Abderrahim Bargache as The Rabbi

References

"Où Vas-Tu Moshé ? (Finemachiyamoshe?) - Telefilm Canada". Telefilm.ca. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
Orlando, Valérie (30 September 2010). "Ou vas-tu Moshé? (Where Are You Going, Moshé?)". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 27 (5): 451–453. doi:10.1080/10509208.2010.495027. ISSN 1050-9208. S2CID 189408788.
Mandelbaum, Jacques (8 June 2010). ""Où vas-tu Moshé ?" : une comédie douce-amère sur l'exode des juifs marocains". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
Orlando, Valérie K. (5 May 2011). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-89680-478-4.
Gugler, Josef (15 January 2011). Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-292-72327-6.

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[1] "Où Vas-Tu Moshé ? (Finemachiyamoshe?) - Telefilm Canada". Telefilm.ca. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

[2] Orlando, Valérie (30 September 2010). "Ou vas-tu Moshé? (Where Are You Going, Moshé?)". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 27 (5): 451–453. doi:10.1080/10509208.2010.495027. ISSN 1050-9208. S2CID 189408788.

[3] Mandelbaum, Jacques (8 June 2010). ""Où vas-tu Moshé ?" : une comédie douce-amère sur l'exode des juifs marocains". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[4] Orlando, Valérie K. (5 May 2011). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Film in a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-89680-478-4.

[5] Gugler, Josef (15 January 2011). Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-292-72327-6.