Goodbye Morocco (2012)
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Lubna Azabal, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Radivoje Bukvic, Grégory Gadebois
A divorced construction-site manager sees a newly discovered tunnel as a possible route to reclaiming her son and leaving Morocco.
The story
In Tangier, Dounia has divorced her husband to pursue a relationship with Dimitri, a Serbian architect at the construction site where she manages the staff. Her decision is opposed by her mother and her loyal driver, Ali, and she is deeply distressed by her separation from her young son. Because she is involved with a non-Muslim and has left her husband, she believes she has no legal chance of regaining custody. When Gabriel, an undocumented worker at the site, discovers a tunnel leading to ancient Christian catacombs, Dounia begins to see a possible way to get her son back and leave Morocco.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Tangier, Morocco. Despite the disapproval of her mother and her loyal driver, Ali, Dounia has divorced her husband to live out her love for Dimitri, the Serbian architect on the construction site where she manages the staff. She suffers deeply from being separated from her young son. Yet she knows that her relationship with a non-Muslim and the fact that she left her husband leave her no legal chance of regaining custody of him. When Gabriel, one of the undocumented workers on the site, discovers a tunnel leading to ancient Christian catacombs, Dounia glimpses a chance to get her son back and leave Morocco.
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