Khaled is a young doctor in a hospital in Casablanca. He meets a man on death row. He killed all his family members. His name is Jamal, a detective who was working alongside a man he met a year ago with a burner. Jamal could not burn Ahmed al-Sabbar, so he killed all his family except his daughter Lamia, then burned the bodies, and blamed Ahmed al-Sabbar, who remained silent. The judge who sentenced Ahmed suffers from marital problems His wife is cheating on him with a young advisor, so the lover is killed and the circles go round.

The film tells about the Moroccan past in its dark period, in the years of lead, the experience of the left in Morocco, and the wave of arrests at that time. After the 1971 coup attempt, the soldiers began to defend themselves that they were carrying out orders. The former Minister of the Interior, ADISC, asks for a written order to do his work. Everyone hides behind duty.

mit / estrelado / starring / avec
Mohamed Miftah, Lina Morad, Mohamed Bestaoui, Mohamed Merouazi

ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Kamal KAMAL

Morocco | 2001 | Long métrage Fiction | 1h35 | Historical Drama, Politics


Titel / Título / Title / Titre :
Tayf Nizar
طيف نزار
Nizar's spectrum
Le spectre de Nizar
L'ombre de Nizar
Taïf Nizar
Taif Nizar

Filmgattung | Tipo | Type :
SpielFilm | Feature Narrative | Long métrage Fiction

Country | Pays :
Morocco | Maroc

Genre :
Drama | Drame

Produktionsjahr / Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production :
2001

Runtime | Durée : 90 minutes (1h30)
Format / Format : 35 mm
Country | Pays : Morocco | Maroc
Language | Langue : Classical Arabic | Arabe classique

Tags :
Death Row, Torture, Police, Prison, Killings, Trauma, Assasinations, Assassinats, Meurtres, Couloir de la mort


CAST | ACTRICES-ACTEURS (dans l'ordre des crédits) :
Mohammed Miftah (Mohamed Miftah)
Abdellah Lamrani
Rafik Boubker
Mohamed Bastaoui (AKA Mohamed Bestaoui)
Mohamed Marouazi (AKA Mohamed Merouazi)
Benabdellah El Joundi
Mohamed Majd
Lina Morad
Jihane Kamal


REGISSEUR / REGIA / REALIZADOR / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Kamal Eddine BENABID (Kamal KAMAL)

Screenplay | Scénario :
Kamaleddine BENABID (Kamal Kamal)

Cinematography | Images :
Abdelkrim Derkaoui
Patrice Akiyo

Sound | Son :
Toufik Mekraz

Editing | Montage :
Mohamed Meziane
Rachid Ben Allal

Original Music | Musique Originale :
Jalal Hamdaoui

Sound editor | Montage Son :
Taoufik Mekraz (AKA Toufik Mekraz)

PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
- Sonya Disc Awatif (Casablanca, Morocco)

CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
- Aonatif (Casablanca | +216 665.71.66.33 (Mobile) | +216 522.47.50.63 | benabidkamal(@)yahoo.fr


FESTIVALS - PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS - SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :

/// 2001 | World Premiere - Opening Film (Out of Competition) || Marrakech International Film Festival | Marrakech (Morocco)

/// 2001 | Competition || Cairo International Film Festival | CAIRO (Egypt)



Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt0373352/
► https://aujourdhui.ma/culture/taif-nizar-de-marrakech-au-caire-4656
► https://elcinema.com/en/work/1007123/
► https://filmfreeway.com/JihaneJiji
Updated by Thierno DIA, 22 August 2025