Documentary 2023
The Mother of All Lies
A miniature neighbourhood opens a buried history.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- كذب أبيض
- Director
- Asmae El Moudir
- Running time
- 96 min
- Year
- 2023
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
Asmae El Moudir rebuilds her childhood neighbourhood in miniature and invites relatives and neighbours into the reconstruction. Their memories connect gaps in the family archive with the long silence surrounding Casablanca's 1981 bread riots.
Context & recognition
The Red Sea 2023 catalogue records this 2023 documentary at 96 minutes. Its listed production countries are: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar.