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Horses of God (French: Les chevaux de Dieu, Arabic: يا خيل الله, translit. Ya khayl Allah) is 2012 Moroccan drama film about the 2003 Casablanca bombings. It was directed by Nabil Ayouch, and based on the novel The Stars of Sidi Moumen by Moroccan writer Mahi Binebine.
Feb 13, 2013 · A fictional account of the lives of the men responsible for the suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003. The film explores the social and psychological factors that led them to extremism and violence, and the human side of their tragedy.
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- Drama
- Nabil Ayouch
- 2013-02-13
May 9, 2020 · On a cool spring night on May 16, 2003, five minutes before 10pm, the people of Casablanca — the bustling cultural port city of Morocco located in northwestern Africa — experienced one of their most memorable moments: moments of pain, terror and blood (Horses of God).
May 13, 2014 · Inspired by five suicide bombings that took place on the same day in Casablanca on May 16, 2003, Nabil Ayouch’s Horses of God allows us see how young suicide bombers—“horses of God,” as the man in charge of their mission calls them—might deserve our pity.
May 20, 2012 · The seeds of fundamentalist martyrdom are sown in the dirt-poor lives of young men raised in the slums of Morocco in Horses Of God, a thoughtful, compelling adaptation of the Mahi Binebine...
Ten year-old Yachine and his thirteen year-old brother Hamid live in Sidi Moumen, a destitute slum on the outskirts of Casablanca. Days are spent trying to draw some pleasure from their petty existence, in the backdrop of a noxious environment of poverty and violence.
Horses of God. Available on Prime Video. Winner at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and Morocco's submission to the 85th Academy Awards, "Horses of God" is the story of two brothers living in an impoverished slum on the outskirts of Casablanca.
