Marrakech International Film Festival 2018

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Goodfellas Goodfellas
Goodfellas and The Princess Bride
Blade Runner 2049 (Country: US, UK, Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Denis Villeneuve; Writer: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green, based on characters from the novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick; Stars: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Jared Leto, Carla Juri, Hiam Abbass, Lennie James, Edward James Olmos)
An LAPD officer makes a discovery that leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former blade runner who has been missing for 30 years
Cleo From 5 To 7 (Cléo De 5 À 7) (Country: France, Italy; Year: 1961; Director: Agnes Varda; Writer: Agnes Varda; Stars: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Boursellier, Dominique Davray, Michel Legrand)
A young French singer wanders the streets of Paris while waiting for the results of a cancer screening test.
Faces Places (Visages, Villages) (Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Agnès Varda, JR)
The director and photgrapher travel through France as their friendship blossoms.
Forrest Gump (Country: US; Year: 1994; Director: Robert Zemeckis; Writer: Eric Roth, based on the novel by Winston Groom; Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Conner Humphreys, Hanna R Hall, Haley Joel Osment)
Tom Hanks is a simple Southern boy who achieves fame and fortune by being himself.
Goodfellas (Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese; Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Henny Youngman, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese)
Biopic of mafiosi Henry Hill and his rise and fall through the mob.
Forrest Gump Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump and Cleo From 5 To 7
Pillow Secrets (Country: Morocco, Qatar; Year: 2013; Director: Jillali Ferhati; Writer: Jillali Ferhati; Stars: Fatima Zohra, Majdouline Idrissi, Raouia, Rita Belkhadir, Hasna Tamtaoui, Nirmine Jebli, Driss Zitan, Mustapha Houchine, Bachir Damoun, Ahmed Belkhadir, Jillali Ferhati, Cecilia Fernandez Suzor, Fatima Zohra, Majdouline Idrissi, Raouia)
When she recognises the body of the woman who was her mother, a young woman is drawn violently back to her past.
The Princess Bride (Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Rob Reiner; Writer: William Goldman, adapted from his own novel.; Stars: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk)
Ordinary farm boy Westley takes on the world to recover his true love in an enduringly popular comic fantasy.
Raging Bull (Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage, Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin; Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett)
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.
She's So Lovely (Country: France, United States; Year: 1997; Director: Nick Cassavetes; Writer: John Cassavetes; Stars: Robin Wright, James Gandolfini, Susan Traylor, Harry Dean Stanton, Debi Mazar, Bobby Cooper, John Marshall Jones, Chloe Webb, Sean Penn, James Soravilla, Jamie Bozian, Paul Johansson, Justina Machado, Tito Larriva, Tony Marsico)
A man who has spent two decades in a mental hospital resolves to win back his ex-wife.
Ultimate Rebellion (Country: Morocco; Year: 2018; Director: Jillali Ferhati; Writer: Jillali Ferhati)
Ayman, a 60-year-old sculptor, meets Wafaa, a 25-year-old woman who is in search of her wayward brother. Ayman undergoes an inner conflict owing to the impossible love he has for Wafaa, and his deep-rooted relationship with his wife, Suha, who has lost her memory and lives in an old people’s home.
Faces Places Faces Places
Faces Places and The Untouchables
The Untouchables (Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Brian De Palma; Writer: David Mamet; Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago)
How the infamous Chicago gang boss, Al Capone, was brought down.
Vagabond (Country: France; Year: 1985; Director: Agnès Varda; Writer: Agnès Varda; Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère, Jean-Louis Perletti, Urbain Causse, Christophe Alcazar, Dominique Durand, Joël Fosse, Patrick Schmit, Daniel Bos, Katy Champaud, Raymond Roulle, Henri Fridlani, Patrick Sokol, Pierre Imbert)
After a woman's body is found in a ditch, we see her final weeks unfold.
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