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The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni (2005)
Directed by Farida Benlyazid
Comedy, Drama · 1h 41m
The daughter of an Englishman and an Andalusian woman, Juanita rejects the historical changes taking place in Tangier.She lives alone in this "Paradise lost", surrounded by her sister Elena; Esther, her close friend who dedicates her entire life to an impossible love affair with a Moroccan; and Hamruch the housemaid, who disappears one day without saying a word. The Spanish Civil War, WWII with the arrival of refugees from Europe, and the Moroccan independence finally returns the city to its Arab origins. Juanita's tragedy lies in not realizing that her world is destined to disappear by the destructive and rejuvenating force of History.
Cast
Mariola Fuentes
Juanita Narboni
S
Salima Benmoumen
Hamruch
Lou Doillon
Helena Narboni
Chete Lera
Sr. Narboni
N
Nabila Baraka
Esther
N
Nadia Alami
Alegria
Francisco Algora
Dédé
A
Annie Aubert
Mme. Maubert
Mariana Cordero
Sra. Narboni
Concha Cuetos
Bella
M
Maggie Deane
Miss Bentley
A
Alexandra Fierro
Esperanza
Crew
- Director
- Farida Benlyazid
- Writer
- Gerardo Bellod
- Novel
- Ángel Vázquez
- Director of Photography
- José Luis Alcaine
- Original Music Composer
- Jorge Arriagada
- Editor
- Pablo G. Plant
Details
- Original title
- La vida perra de Juanita Narboni
- Release date
- 2005-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Spanish
- Countries
- Morocco, Spain
- Production
- Tingitania Films, ZAP Producciones