Mohammed Afifi

Mohammed Afifi

Born: December 25, 1935
Died: September 5, 2009
in El-Jadida, Morocco
Mohammed Saïd Afifi (1933-2009) was a Moroccan actor. He contributed to the introduction of theatrical acting to television and gave the blind the rare opportunity to participate in theatrical works. Afifi was involved with some local theater troupes, most of which were a means for the cultural and artistic struggle against French colonialism since the second half of the fifties. But the beginning of his real career was with the National Youth Troupe, which he co-founded, and which was called “Al Mamoura” in 1967 and was affiliated with the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

He directed many theatrical works and acted in some of them, such as the play Hamlet. His other theatrical work includes Othello and Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. He also participated in some cinematic works, such as Mirage. The TV movie The Case is one of his last works. Afifi held the position of professor of theater at the Municipal Institute in Casablanca between 1976 and 1980, and he received many honors, the most prominent of which was receiving a medal from His Majesty King Mohammed VI.

Movies for Mohammed Afifi...

Oud L'Ward
Title: Oud L'Ward
Released: December 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Oud Al Ward is kidnapped by a gang of slave traders and is sold to a rich man, who teaches her music until she outperforms him at a party, so he decides to marry her, while she is unaware of the plots she's going to incur at the hands of his wives.
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Searching For Freedom
Title: Searching For Freedom
Released: January 15, 2005
Type: Movie
The film revolves around three Arab girls who travel to France, in search of the freedom they lost in the Arab countries from which they came, each in their own way.
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She's Hypertensive and Diabetic But Refuses to Die 2
Title: She's Hypertensive and Diabetic But Refuses to Die 2
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Fakhita discovered that her husband's daughter has a child from his mistress. He gets angry at him and forces him to divorce her only child, but the latter strongly rejects her attachment to her and her weakness. Which makes the need to pour out her anger by preventing him from using the work car, preventing the servants from carrying out any of his orders, and determining his powers in the company, which will make him plan to marry his mother in order to return to his previous position.
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A Thousand Months
Title: A Thousand Months
Character: Houcine
Released: October 1, 2003
Type: Movie
1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.
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AL Houte AL Aamae
Title: AL Houte AL Aamae
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
film tells a Moroccan police story concerning drug trafficking, the story begins with a crime, the investigations led by the officer Yakdan and his assistant omar deciphered the secret of this crime, The investigations lead to a revenge of the cartels of the drug
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The Mummy
Title: The Mummy
Character: Hangman
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
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In Search of My Wife's Husband
Title: In Search of My Wife's Husband
Character: Père de houda
Released: January 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Lhadj Benmoussa, a rich jeweler, is married to several wives and appear to be a good manager of the three concubines, except when Houda, his third wife, who is young and gracious, is repudiated for the third time.
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The Sheltering Sky
Title: The Sheltering Sky
Character: Mohammed
Released: October 25, 1990
Type: Movie
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
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Mirage
Title: Mirage
Character: Ali Ben Ali
Released: January 2, 1979
Type: Movie
Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature film played a pivotal role in bringing experimentalism to Moroccan cinema. It’s a fable-like story of a poor young farmer who finds treasure in a flour bag. This takes him on a journey where nothing is as it seems. The film’s narrative structure frequently makes reference to mythology and literature, utilizing Morocco’s rich history and oral traditions.
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Sands of Gold
Title: Sands of Gold
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Tarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym. Zubaida comes to Spain in search of her lover, but despite his pleas for her to return to Morocco, she continues to follow him.