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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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Critics Consensus

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 The Times (UK) 07/07/2023
4/5
There’s a fable-like quality to a story in which the best intentions of both characters somehow produce the worst outcomes for each. Go to Full Review Danny Leigh Financial Times 07/06/2023
5/5
Cruelties flow beneath: class, colonialism and the self-delusion of men with power that they are being kind when actually protecting their own interests. Go to Full Review Philip De Semlyen Time Out 07/06/2023
3/5
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. Go to Full Review William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews 08/13/2024
3/5
Fyzal Boulifa swaps British suburbia for the streets of Morocco in his rich but surprisingly tepid sophomore feature, The Damned Don’t Cry. Go to Full Review Amber Wilkinson Radio Times 07/21/2023
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Hilary A White Sunday Independent (Ireland) 07/13/2023
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Fyzal Boulifa

Director

Aicha Tebbae

Fatima-Zahra

Abdellah El Hajjouji

Selim

Antoine Reinartz

Sébastien

Moustapha Mokafih

Moustapha

Walid Chaibi

Abdou

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Movie Info

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
Production Co
Frakas Productions, Vixens
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 50m