A Thousand Months
1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Casts & Crew
Fouad Labied
Nezha Rahile
Mohamed Majd
Mohammed Afifi
Abdelati Lambarki
Mohamed Bastaoui
Brahim Khai
Abdellah Chicha
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