Omar Chanbout

Omar Chanbout

Born: March 2, 1938
Died: December 8, 2008
in Casablanca, Morocco

Movies for Omar Chanbout...

Allo Canada
Title: Allo Canada
Character: Larbi
Released: September 10, 2008
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Said, an agricultural engineer , who one day decided to emigrate to Canada for improve their standard of living. But his bag will be stolen from him, which contains all the documents necessary for his trip. Said, accompanied by the sister of the thief, who recently returned from Canada, they begin to follow her brother among a group of villages.
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Goodbye Mothers
Title: Goodbye Mothers
Character: Rabbi Braham
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: Movie
In 1960, Moroccan Jews began migrating en masse to Israel, encouraged by immigration officers of the new state. The film tells the drama of the story of two families, one Jewish and one Muslim, joined by a close friendship but whose destinies are separated. Selected by Morocco as a candidate for the 2008 Oscar for Best Picture Foreign Language.
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Jodour Argan
Title: Jodour Argan
Released: September 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A young Moroccan man returns to his hometown in one of the villages of Souss after an absence of two years that he spent in an illegal situation in France, and he is obliged to search for a way out to settle this situation. The young man, like many of his generation, has to resort to "white marriage" with the intention of solving the problem of residence and stability, so he returns to his homeland accompanied by "Monica", a 65-year-old foreigner, Events accumulate by clashing between two different cultures and two opposing perspectives.
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Illusion in the mirror
Title: Illusion in the mirror
Character: El makki
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
For a film based on a fictional folk story in the world of Thousand and One Nights about Aziza, an orphan, who lives in her uncle's house and grows up with her cousin in a house, and after reaching the age of marriage, the family decides to marry them, but Aziz disappears on the wedding night, on the way home, She saw a beautiful woman who took possession of her mind and took possession of her heart, which affected her relationship with aziza.
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Joseph of Nazareth
Title: Joseph of Nazareth
Released: January 5, 2000
Type: Movie
The people of Jerusalem are suffering under the reign of Herod, and are hoping to be delivered from the Roman occupiers by the Messiah whose arrival, it is rumored, is to take place very soon. Unlike his nephew Judas, who wants to join the zealots (freedom fighters), 35 year old widower Joseph is not interested in participating in any fighting against the Romans.
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Jeremiah
Title: Jeremiah
Character: Head Priest
Released: December 14, 1998
Type: Movie
The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on several occasions, and makes it clear that he has been selected to announce God's message to the people of Jerusalem.
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The Blue Stones of the Desert
Title: The Blue Stones of the Desert
Character: Sheikh
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In a remote village in Morocco, Najib, 14 years old, is convinced that there are blue stones in the desert, whose vision has haunted him for years. Taken for a madman by his friends, he also faces the incomprehension of his family. Only the old sheikh believes in his story. One day, the council meets to decide on his case.
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1001 Nights
Title: 1001 Nights
Released: April 11, 1990
Type: Movie
Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.
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Casablanca Express
Title: Casablanca Express
Character: Muezzim
Released: December 22, 1989
Type: Movie
It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is going by train to Casablanca where he will meet with Roosevelt and Stalin.
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The Barber of the Poor District
Title: The Barber of the Poor District
Released: January 2, 1982
Type: Movie
Among the inhabitants of Derb el Soltan, a popular district of Casablanca, we highlight the life of a barber who accepts the path that has been traced for him. His close friend never stops teaching him that struggle and resistance are the only qualities of a worthy man.