| Ali Zaoua | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nabil Ayouch |
| Produced by | Etienne Comar Jean Cottin Antoine Voituriez |
| Written by | Nabil Ayouch Nathalie Saugeon |
| Starring | Maunim Kbab Abdelhak Zhayra Hicham Moussaune Amal Ayouch Mustapha Hansali |
| Music by | Krishna Levy |
| Cinematography | Renaat Lambeets Vincent Mathias |
| Editing by | Jean-Robert Thomann |
| Distributed by | Arab Film Distribution (USA) |
| Release date(s) | September 8, 2000 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Morocco |
| Language | Arabic French |
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets is a 2000 Moroccan crime drama film that tells the story of several homeless boys. It was awarded in the 2000 Stockholm Film Festival and in the 2000 Amiens International Film Festival.
Kwita (Maunim Kbab), Omar (Mustapha Hansali), Boubker (Hicham Moussaune) and Ali Zaoua (Abdelhak Zhayra) are homeless boys living in Casablanca. The boys were in a gang led by Dib (Said Taghmaoui), but decide to rebel against him under Ali's guidance. However, Ali is killed by members of the gang while he is hired as a cabin boy on a ship, and the other boys decide to give him a proper funeral. Kwita sits a cemetery where his lack of religious training is criticized , while Omar briefly returns to Dib's gang. Boubker, the smallest and most vulnerable of the boys, threatens to kill himself but recovers his sense of self and helps the old fisherman on his boat.