A Muslim Childhood (El Ayel) 18 years old

This film, the first in what has become a semi-autobiographical trilogy for Smihi, follows the everyday experiences of Mohamed-Larbi Salmi against the changing Moroccan society. In 1950s Tangier, Larbi Salmi is a young, timid, pre-teen, boy, trying to make sense of the gentle religious upbringing of his father, the secular education offered him in French school, and his budding desires for the forbidden pleasures of the cinema and the women he meets through it.

Credits

A Muslim Childhood Cast

Name Character
Said Amel

A Muslim Childhood Crew

Name Department
Robert Alazraki as Cinematography. He was 61 (now 79) years old Crew
A Muslim Childhood poster
A Muslim Childhood (18 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, November 13, 2005
  • Runtime: 90 minutes