My Dad is not Dead

(2023)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2023

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: Morocco

Director: Adil el Fadili

Cast: Nadia Kounda, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Didier Bénureau, Fatima Attif, Adam Raghal, Abdenbi Benioui, Aziz El Fadili, Омар Лотфи, Mohamed Khouyi, Taoufik Hazeb

Plot

Malik and his father Mehdi live in a funfair where they work as handymen. Mehdi gives his son five special paintings. Curious Malik is dazzled by the beauty of these works. The next day, the two accidentally find themselves in the middle of a political rally. Mehdi is brutalized in front of Malik by two cops who accuse him of propaganda against the government. Later that night, the police burst into the funfair and arrested Mehdi. Shocked, Malik begins searching for his father with the help of the other showmen, finding answers in the paintings his father left behind.