A Thousand and One Hands

A Thousand and One Hands (French: Les Mille et Une Mains, Arabic: Alf yad wa yad en arabe) is a 1973 Moroccan film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} It was screened abroad and received critical acclaim despite being censored in Morocco.^[10][11][12]

A Thousand and One Hands
Directed by	Souheil Ben-Barka
Written by	Ahmed Badry, Cerami Vincenza
Starring	Abdou Chaibane, Aissa Ghazi, Mimsy Farmer
Cinematography	Girolamo Larosa
Edited by	Abdeslam Agnaou
Music by	Abdou Tahar
Release date	1972 (1972)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	Morocco
Language	Moroccan Arabic

Synopsis

In Marrakech, veteran dyer Moha and his son Miloud carry bundles of woolen thread. Thus begins the painstaking work of weaving carpets destined for sale abroad, and the hard work of the men, women and girls. With hardly any dialogue, the film illustrates the inhuman conditions of workers and the class struggle in Morocco in the 1970s.^[9]

Cast

• Abdou Chaibane
• Aissa Elgazi
• Mimsy Farmer
• Ahmed Si

Awards and accolades

• Georges Sadoul Prize, Paris (1973)
• Etalon de Yennenga - FESPACO (1973)^[13]