Noha, Randa, Soukaina and Hlima live off paid love. Pleasure and humiliation alternate. In the middle of the night, a limousine drives through Marrakech. Dressed to the nines and talking excitedly, Noha, Soukaina and Randa are on their way to an exclusive party. The three women are sex workers. They sell their bodies to wealthy Arabs and Europeans, who pick them up in nightclubs, restaurants and during parties. Their daily lives have little in common with the elated party world: they are regularly threatened and disowned by their families. When they meet the young, inexperienced sex worker Hlima, a new, close friendship develops. Something the women cherish above all else. Dignified and emancipated, they defy the society that uses and condemns them.
Keywords
- BRIFF
- Festival de Cannes
- Gender
- Maghreb Cinema
- Only on Sooner
- Politics: Human Rights
- Portraits of empowered women
- Sexplicit
- Women's Rights
- World Cinema
- Africa
- friendship
- women
Actors
- Sara Elmhamdi-Elalaoui
- Abdellah Didane
- Danny Boushebel
- Halima Karaouane
- Asmaa Lazrak
Director
- Nabil Ayouch
Drama, Independent
1h 44min
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A group of women in Morocco make a living as sex workers in a culture that is very unforgiving toward women in that profession.
A group of women in Morocco make a living as sex workers in a culture that is very unforgiving toward women in that profession.
Noha, Randa, Soukaina and Hlima live off paid love. Pleasure and humiliation alternate. In the middle of the night, a limousine drives through Marrakech. Dressed to the nines and talking excitedly, Noha, Soukaina and Randa are on their way to an exclusive party. The three women are sex workers. They sell their bodies to wealthy Arabs and Europeans, who pick them up in nightclubs, restaurants and during parties.
Their daily lives have little in common with the elated party world: they are regularly threatened and disowned by their families. When they meet the young, inexperienced sex worker Hlima, a new, close friendship develops. Something the women cherish above all else. Dignified and emancipated, they defy the society that uses and condemns them.
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Nabil Ayouch
Cast
Sara Elmhamdi-Elalaoui
Cast
Abdellah Didane
Cast
Danny Boushebel
Cast
Halima Karaouane
Cast
Asmaa Lazrak