Where Are You Going Moshé?

Fine mashi ya moché?

Hassan ben Jalloun,

Canada/Morocco, 2007, 90 min

In Arabic and French with English subtitles

Script: Hassan ben Jalloun

Cast: Simon Elbaz, Abdelkader Lotfi, Hassan Essakalli

Saturday, 8 November 2008, at 9:15 p.m

Innis Town Hall

A comedy set against the backdrop of the Jewish exodus of 1963. As Jews were secretly leaving Morocco for Israel, Islamic law passed an edict that bars could only serve non-Muslims. As such, Mustapha, a saloon owner who wants to keep his business, conspires to make sure one Jew remains in town. Shlomo, a musician, decides to stay in Bejjad, which makes Mustapha happy. Mustapha then tries to keep Shlomo happy by editing unpleasant information from the letters he receives. There is a real dramatic story here in the plight of the emigrating Jews, who up to this point were coexisting peacefully with Muslims, and in the loss experienced by the Arab society.

Hassan ben Jalloun

Born in Morocco in 1950, he studied film direction at the Conservatoire du Cinéma Français. After his first short film in 1983, he made a number of feature films including La Fête des autres » (1990), « Yarit » (1994), « Les Amis d’hier » (1998), « Les Lèvres du silence » (2000), « Jugement d’une femme » (2001) et « Le Pote » (2002).