Hymns of Praise

Louanges

France

1988

26 Min

Color

Arabic

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DIR Izza Gennini

DP Jean-Jacques Flori, Mustafa Stitou

SOUND Antoine Rodet, Youssef El Manjra

Synopsis

Located between Volubilis and Meknes, the shrine of Moulay Idriss the First, founder of the Islamic Kingdom of Morocco, is the site of one of the most important religious pilgrimages.The Sufi Brotherhood of the Alamiyines inaugurates the ceremonies with the khamra that leads the followers through more and more breathless phases to an ecstatic state. During the following eight days, the brotherhoods, with their offerings, will walk in procession to the sanctuary, to the rhythm of the drums and the oboes. —Africultures

Director

Izza Gennini

Born in Casablanca in 1942, in France since 1960.

- Studies : Letters and Foreign Languages at the Sorbonne and at the Oriental Language School
- From 1966 to 1970 : in charge of reception and external relations for the Tours and Annecy festivals
- From 1970 to 1986 : manager of the Club 70, a private film theatre
- Since 1973, in charge of SOGEAV (now named OHRA), a company aimed at producing feature films (“Transes”, “Zeft”, “Hadda”…), promoting Moroccan films (“1001 mains”, “Alyam Alyam”), distributing films in Africa (“Rue cases nègres”, “Bob Marley Exodus”, “Salsa”…), and distributing wordlwide and in cinemas (“Baiser de Tosca”, “Ablakon”…). —Marocorama