For Bread Alone

Original title: الخبز الحافي

Duration: 97 min

Release date: 2004-05-26

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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.

Drama

الخبز الحافي

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Saïd Taghmaoui

as Young Mohamed Choukri

Fayçal Zeghadi

as Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)

as Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)

as Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)

as Haddou (Mohamed's father)

Marzia Tedeschi

Marzia Tedeschi

as Sallafa (bald woman)

Ahmed El Kouraichi

Ahmed El Kouraichi

as Kabil (smuggler)

Francesca Codispoti

Francesca Codispoti

as Harrouda (prostitute)

as Bushra (deaf-mute)

Josè Dell'Abbiato

Josè Dell'Abbiato

as The Spaniard

Armando De Razza

Armando De Razza

as Boualem (cafe owner)

as Prison guard

as Abdelmalek (the scribe)

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

as Marwani (the revolutionary)

Simona Manganaro

Simona Manganaro

as Assia (girl in the garden)

Sandra Loredana Cristiano

Sandra Loredana Cristiano

as Prostitute 2

Ilaria De Laurentiis

Ilaria De Laurentiis

as Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)

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Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Gabriele Pacitto

Gabriele Pacitto

Supervising Producer

Roberto de Laurentiis

Roberto de Laurentiis

Pier Luigi Santi

Pier Luigi Santi

Director of Photography

Goffredo Gibellini

Goffredo Gibellini

Original Music Composer

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Mohamed Choukri

Mohamed Choukri

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