For Bread Alone
The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.
Saïd Taghmaouias Young Mohamed ChoukriFayçal Zeghadias Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)Billal Lahsinias Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)Karim Benhadjas TafersetiSanaa Alaouias Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)David Halevimas Haddou (Mohamed's father)Marzia Tedeschias Sallafa (bald woman)Ahmed El Kouraichias Kabil (smuggler)Jamil Hammoudias AliFrancesca Codispotias Harrouda (prostitute)Giovanna Riaas Bushra (deaf-mute)Josè Dell'Abbiatoas The SpaniardArmando De Razzaas Boualem (cafe owner)Daniel Ducruetas Prison guardHamid Basketas Abdelmalek (the scribe)Mohamed Rachid Benhadjas Marwani (the revolutionary)Simona Manganaroas Assia (girl in the garden)Sandra Loredana Cristianoas Prostitute 2Ilaria De Laurentiisas Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)Aida Ben Barkaas Student