Traitors

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jake s An interesting looking into the social scene of the Moroccan youth, which is surprisingly not just kids hiding in their homes trying avoid being beheaded. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review walter m At 25, Malika(Chaimae Ben Acha), neither gainfully employed or married, is something of a disappointment to her parents, especially for her mechanic father. But what really matters to her is her band and they may have finally gotten their break, with Jade(Morjana Alaoui), a music promoter, showing interest in them. However, Malika and her bandmates still have to come up with the money to rent a recording studio in Casablanca. And then an opportunity presents itself when she repairs Samir's(Mourade Zeguendi) car. "Traitors" is a perceptive and occasionally suspenseful character study about Malika who has learned over time to navigate the unwritten rules of her home country while finding the importance in sisterhood.(That being said, there is a long way to go from street smart to Jim Phelps.) It is not really a coincidence that Malika gets involved with drug smugglers at this particular junction. The opportunity to make this kind of quick dangerous money probably comes often to her; this is just when it is the most needed and probably the best worst idea. This all happens in a country, Morocco, that is caught uncomfortably between the traditions of Africa and the temptations of Europe. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Set in Morocco, a young woman who is desperately trying to raise money to record a demo for a music producer with her all girl punk rock band, decides to take up a drug dealer's offer to drive a car full of cocaine. Structurally speaking, the film is made up of an impressive solidity which keeps the film interesting on a narrative level throughout. Morjana Alaoui is a remarkable presence, and her passion for the punk culture as well as the frustration as the place she lives in sets up good elements within the cultural culture which, nevertheless, remains disappointingly understated in favour of what then turns out to be a more conventional crime drama which aims to entertain. The main problem with that, however, is Gullette's inability to truly create a tense atmosphere to make it work on that level. Furthermore, Traitors shares a lot of the elements of Maria Full of Grace, a film which it resembles and which was much better and more emotionally rewarding both as a thriller and as a drama. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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