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The Damned Don't Cry

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Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she's caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point.
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Centered on the complex relationship between a mother and a son, The Damned Don't Cry compassionately asks hard questions and allows for deeper truths to be discovered.

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Kevin Maher Times (UK) There’s a fable-like quality to a story in which the best intentions of both characters somehow produce the worst outcomes for each. Rated: 4/5 Jul 7, 2023 Full Review Danny Leigh Financial Times Cruelties flow beneath: class, colonialism and the self-delusion of men with power that they are being kind when actually protecting their own interests. Rated: 5/5 Jul 6, 2023 Full Review Philip De Semlyen Time Out Life in The Damned Don’t Cry is brutally unfair, and Boulifa offers no easy answers. But thanks to the compassionate filmmaker and his two impressive leads, it’s a compelling watch. Rated: 3/5 Jul 6, 2023 Full Review William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews Fyzal Boulifa swaps British suburbia for the streets of Morocco in his rich but surprisingly tepid sophomore feature, The Damned Don’t Cry. Rated: 3/5 Aug 13, 2024 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Radio Times Tebbae and El Hajjouji are both compelling, and the film's sweetest moments effectively work in contrast with the unjust, casual callousness of the pair's world. Rated: 4/5 Jul 21, 2023 Full Review Hilary A White Sunday Independent (Ireland) This melodrama from British-Moroccan filmmaker Fyzal Boulifa spells out the hard facts of poverty in North Africa and how passively the shackles are transferred from one generation to the next. Rated: 4/5 Jul 13, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she's caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point.
Director
Fyzal Boulifa
Producer
Gary Farkas, Clément Lepoutre, Olivier Muller, Karim Debbagh
Screenwriter
Fyzal Boulifa
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 50m