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Director
Nabil Ayouch
Cast
Nisrin Erradi,
Jalila Talemsi,
Joud Chamihy,
El Moustafa Boutankite,
Lahcen Razzougui,
Khalil Oubaaqa
Genre
Drama,
Music
Sheikha performer Touda sings and dances in her small town to make ends meet. While she longs to become known for her artistic abilities, Touda also longs to ensure a bright future for her deaf and mute son. Realizing that there are better opportunities elsewhere, Touda decides to move to Casablanca.
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The Film Verdict by Adham Youssef
The plot of Everybody Loves Touda is sensually expressed in Erradi’s whirling, energetic performance, and visually told by the brilliant, soft camerawork of Virginie Surdej, expressing the character’s ups and downs.
IndieWire by Esther Zuckerman
It’s the brilliance with which Erradi performs, especially in the musical sequences, and the touching portrait of a woman pursuing her art despite the world seemingly conspiring against her to do so, that sustain and invigorate the film.
The Hollywood Reporter by Lovia Gyarkye
The most powerful thread in Everybody Loves Touda is how the singer’s attempts to become a sheikha, a traditional performer whose songs are lamentations for the soul, are thwarted by the people around her.
Screen Daily by Wendy Ide
The film crackles with energy every time Erradi opens her mouth to sing.
Variety by Guy Lodge
The film holds back from showing us Touda’s soul in its chaotic, capricious entirety — her life as a single mother, in particular, is rather sketchily drawn — and remains most fixated on her in performance mode, where’s she’s fully in her power.
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