Mohamed Asli's movie In Casablanca Angels Don't Fly the winner of the Tanit d'Or award during the 20th session of the cinema days in Carthage 2004, won the Grand Jury Award of the 7th edition of the international festival of Manila (Philippines), which was held from 12 to 25 October .
The Moroccan movie addresses the phenomenon of rural exodus in Morocco through the story of a peasant who migrates to Casablanca despite his wife's objection.
Three men from a failing Berber village in the Atlas Mountains find work in a Casablanca restaurant. Head Waiter Said dutifully sends money back to wife Aicha who is raising their son and new baby. Kitchen worker Ottman remembers riding his horse as a child with the Berber leaders. He sends back bread scraps to keep his horse from being slaughtered for meat. Waiter Ismail longs for a pair of black boots that costs 3 months' wages. The dream of each man turns sour as the film moves from light drama to disillusionment, humiliation and tragedy.
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