Jillali Ferhati

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.1908

Gender

Male

Birthday

31-Dec-1948

Age

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

khemisset, Morocco

Also Known As
  • Jilali Farhati
  • جيلالي فرحاتي

Jillali Ferhati

Biography

Jilali Ferhati is a Moroccan filmmaker, was born in 1948, in Aït Ouahi near Khémisset but grew up in Tangier. He studied sociology and literature in Paris and then launched his career in theater, working as an actor and director at the Theatre International in Paris. In 1982, he founded "Heracles Production", a production company. His debut in cinema was in 1978 with the feature film Brèche dans le mur (A Breach In the Wall), selected for the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival. His 1982 film Arais Min Kassab was screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section, and his 1991 film The Beach of Lost Children was entered into the main competition at the 48th edition of the Venice Film Festival.


Credits

La grande villa La grande villa (2010) Character: N/A
A Franco-Moroccan couple leaves France to settle in Morocco and faces the eyes of others. The large villa is a poignant drama that highlights cultural differences between France and Morocco and offers a beautiful lesson in tolerance.
ذاكرة معتقلة ذاكرة معتقلة (2004) Character: N/A
A young delinquent who has just come out of prison finds himself put to a difficult mission: to track a relative of an ex-detainee who lost his memory during the long years of his detention.
Badis Badis (1989) Character: N/A
Story of two women in a small fishing village, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan territory. Touria is married to the school teacher, who suspects her of infidelity and confines her to the house. Touria befriends Moira and together they learn how to dance the flamenco.
الرحلة الكبرى الرحلة الكبرى (1981) Character: N/A
A young man drives a truck loaded with dates from southern Morocco into Tangiers.
Charkhun fi-l hâ'it Charkhun fi-l hâ'it (1978) Character: N/A
Through the eyes of a deaf-mute, we discover the life of three marginalized residents of Tangiers. One is a tour guide, the second a writer and the third a bureaucrat. The friend of the latter is murdered in the hotel where she works; their universe is jostled.
سرير الأسرار سرير الأسرار (2013) Character: N/A
A young woman, who is in charge of an orphanage, is summoned by the police to help identify a corpse. On this day, she will witness a painful confrontation with a smalll town, its past, and the many characters who seem to be following her.
El sueño de Tánger El sueño de Tánger (1991) Character: N/A
Three friends get involved with arms traffickers in Tangiers.
Al Massira, la Marche verte Al Massira, la Marche verte (2016) Character: Old Ali
The Green March is a film where the destinies of a handful of men and women intertwine, all united by the common goal of peacefully fighting for the freedom of a colonized territory, driven by the same dream: to contribute to the construction of modern Morocco. It is also the story of Zhor, who risked her life 40 years ago to bring her child into the world on the land of occupied Moroccan Sahara.



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