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- 2022
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
- 2022
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
Summary Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight of traditions to live their passion and express themselves through hip hop culture
Directed By: Nabil Ayouch
Written By: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
- 2022
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
- 2022
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
Casablanca Beats
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Summary Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight of traditions to live their passion and express themselves through hip hop culture
Directed By: Nabil Ayouch
Written By: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
64
57% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
43% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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There’s no revolutionary moment of success in which the meanies are ousted and hip-hop declared godly. Music is like education in this: it’s all about the movement, not the destination.
Casablanca Beats drums its ideas loudly and effectively. The result is a boisterous and crowd-pleasing delight, showing a community with deep specificity that nonetheless speaks to the concerns of young people all over the world.
Ayouch’s aesthetic is natural, the performances he gets from his actors true. It’s no small feat to get kids acting like kids onscreen. The musical breaks and classroom discussions are both engaging and provocative.
Ayouch’s most personal feature film, it infects the audience with its passion and the unshakable belief that a person who has self-confidence and self-expression can really change society.
Casablanca Beats hits a lot of clichés on the educational-drama cue sheet, but still manages to find bracing new variations on the formula. The lesson plan is familiar, but it’s still worth attending this school of rap.
Ayouch means well, interpreting the teens’ connection to rap music as emblematic of a rebellious spirit, yet deeper discussions on other social issues – politics, women’s rights, religion – are unfortunately reduced to mere sources of frustration, either ending abruptly or remaining incomplete.
Casablanca Beats just about gets by on restless teenage energy and its bustle of winning young faces. But it’s a new arrangement of a very familiar old song.
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Production Company
Les Films du Nouveau Monde,
Ali n' Productions,
Unité,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
Centre Cinématographique Marocain,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Fonds Images de la Francophonie,
Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
Release Date Sep 16, 2022
Duration 1 h 41 m
Awards
Carthage Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
