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Casablanca Beats Review: A Lively, Unruly Moroccan Hip-Hop Drama Casablanca Beats Review: A Lively, Unruly Moroccan Hip-Hop Drama
An exuberant mixture of street musical, inspirational-teacher drama and documentary advocacy that is not quite coherent enough to satisfy.
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Director: Nabil Ayouch
With: Anas Basbousi, Ismail Adouab, Meriem Nekkach, Nouhaila Arif, Zineb Boujemaa, Abdelilah Basbousi, Mehdi Razzouk, Amina Kannan, Soufiane Belali, Samah Barigou, Marwa Kniniche, Maha Menan. (Arabic dialogue)
Running time: Running Time: 101 MIN.
Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival
“You have to change it because you didn’t choose it.” The defiant mantra that evolves over the course of Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch’s scrappy but heartfelt hip-hop street-musical “Casablanca Beats,” his third time in Cannes but first time in competition, could be a rallying cry for any youth activism group, anywhere in the world. But it’s the s