The Sleeping Child
| The Sleeping Child | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yasmine Kassari |
| Written by | Yasmine Kassari |
| Starring |
Mounia Osfour Rachida Brakni Nermine Elhaggar Fatna Abdessamie Khamsa Abdessamie Issa Abdessamie Mimoun Abdessamie |
Release dates | 2004 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Maroc |
| Language |
Berber Moroccan Arabic |
The Sleeping Child (in French, L'Enfant endormi) is a 2004 Belge-Moroccan movie written and directed by Yasmine Kassari. The film has obtained several prizes like Trophée du Premier Scénario, from CNC (Centre national de la cinématographie).
Plot
In Atlas Mountains, Zeinab (Mounia Osfour), realises she's pregnant when her husband migrated clandestinely to Europe and she decides to sleep the foetus, an old white magic tradition very spread in Maghribian rural world.