International Competition · 47th Edition
Strawberries
LAS MAS DULCE
Director
Laïla Marrakchi
Country
Morocco, France, Spain, Belgium
Runtime
1 h 46 min
Language
Arabic, Spanish
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Hasna and Meriem leave their native Morocco to work as seasonal strawberry pickers in southern Spain. They hope to return home and provide a better life for their families, but their dreams collide with the harsh realities of abuse, harassment, and degrading working conditions. Their bond gives them the strength to resist, risking everything in their pursuit of justice.
Cast
Nisrin ERRADI, Hajar GRAIGAA, Hind BRAIK, Fatima ATTIF, Itsaso ARANA
Screenplay
Laïla MARRAKCHI,Delphine AGUT
Producers
Juliette SCHRAMECK
About the Director
Born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco, she moved to Paris at 18 to pursue film studies. Her feature debut, Marock (2005), premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and became a classic of Moroccan culture. Her second film, Rock the Casbah (2013), featured an outstanding international cast. She has also directed episodes of The Bureau and Netflix’s The Eddy (2020), alongside the historical series Carême for Apple.
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