Un jeune homme délinquant se voit, le jour de sa sortie de prison, investi d'une mission: retrouver un parent ou un ami d'un ex-détenu, devenu amnésique durant sa longue détention. Ensemble, ils vont vivre tout un périple à la recherche de quelques indices, mais aussi un douloureux périple dans leurs propres mémoires…



Langue: Arabe (sous titres français)



Adaptation des dialogues et textes: Fatema Loukili

Son: Eric Vaucher

Montage: Ali Benchekroun

Musique: Ali & Hassan Souissi

Assistante à la réalisation: Layla Triqui

Interprètes : Mohamed MAROUAZI, Fatema LOUKILI, Jilali FERHATI, Raouia SAFIA, Ziani FATEMA, Hijji BENHIDA, Bouchaib EL AMRANI, Driss MAMOUN, Larbi EL YACOUBI, Abdelkader TABALI





Prix : Festival International de films du Caire 2004, Meilleur Scénario

Festival International du film méditerranéen de Tétouan 2005, Grand prix de la ville de Tétouan 

Festival du film arabe de Rotterdam 2005, Grand Prix 

Festival International du Film de Rabat 2005, Prix Spécial du Jury.



 35mm, Dolby SR 

A young delinquent who has just come out of prison finds himself put to a difficult mission: to track a relative of an ex-detainee who lost his memory during the long years of his detention.Together they set off, but soon their quest becomes a painful return to their memories. Privileging a poetic approach over a historical one, Memory in Detention reflects on the trauma of a society recovering from years of violence and torture, but also from betrayal and from shame of what has come to be known as the "Leaden Years." Zoubeïr must come to terms with the fact that Mokhtar may have been responsible for his father's death, while Mokhtar has to unburden himself from the weight of the truth.



Language: Arabic (English subtitles).



Text and dialogue adaptation: Fatema Loukili 

Sound: Eric Vaucher 

Editing: Ali Benchekroun

Music: Ali & Hassan Souissi 

Directing assistant: Layla Triqui 

With : Mohamed MAROUAZI, Fatema LOUKILI, Jilali FERHATI, Raouia SAFIA, Ziani FATEMA, Hijji BENHIDA, Bouchaib EL AMRANI, Driss MAMOUN, Larbi EL YACOUBI, Abdelkader TABALI



Prizes : Cairo International Film Festival 2004 (Best Screenplay)

Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival 2005 (Grand Prix of the City of Tetouan, Grand Prize)

Rotterdam Arab Films Festival 2005 (Grand Prize)

Rabat International Film Festival 2005 (Special Jury Prize)



35mm, Dolby SR