For Bread Alone

"The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support."

Cast

Saïd Taghmaoui

as Young Mohamed Choukri

Fayçal Zeghadi

as Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)

Billal Lahsini

as Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)

Karim Benhadj

as Taferseti

Sanaa Alaoui

as Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)

David Halevim

as Haddou (Mohamed's father)

Marzia Tedeschi

as Sallafa (bald woman)

Ahmed El Kouraichi

as Kabil (smuggler)

Jamil Hammoudi

as Ali

Francesca Codispoti

as Harrouda (prostitute)

Giovanna Ria

as Bushra (deaf-mute)

Josè Dell'Abbiato

as The Spaniard

Armando De Razza

as Boualem (cafe owner)

Daniel Ducruet

as Prison guard

Hamid Basket

as Abdelmalek (the scribe)

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

as Marwani (the revolutionary)

Simona Manganaro

as Assia (girl in the garden)

Sandra Loredana Cristiano

as Prostitute 2

Ilaria De Laurentiis

as Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)

Aida Ben Barka

as Student

Crew

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Director

Roberto de Laurentiis

Producer

Gabriele Pacitto

Supervising Producer

Pier Luigi Santi

Director of Photography

Goffredo Gibellini

Original Music Composer

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Writer

Mohamed Choukri

Novel