This film, the first in what has become a semi-autobiographical trilogy for Smihi, follows the everyday experiences of Mohamed-Larbi Salmi against the changing Moroccan society. In 1950s Tangier, Larbi Salmi is a young, timid, pre-teen, boy, trying to make sense of the gentle religious upbringing...
In 1999, in the old medina of Casablanca in Morocco, a young man Malek fascinated by the lute, decides to move in with his uncle Amir. To teach him the subtleties of the lute, Amir, the master of music, promises him to reveal him the secret of the fifth string and gives him the example of Ziryab,...
18-year-old Hafsa is at an age when anything is possible. When life and life's choices are open to you. Her grandfather, her mentor, an outstanding musician, is living out his last days, stunned by death. Lhaj Allal wants more than anything to use his last moments to make Hafsa his worthy musical...
