Everybody Loves Touda
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| Arabic | في حب تودا |
| Directed by | Nabil Ayouch |
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| Starring | Nisrin Erradi |
| Cinematography | Virginie Surdej |
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| Distributed by | Ad Vitam (France) |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Box office | $1.4 million[2] |
Everybody Loves Touda (Arabic: في حب تودا) is a 2024 drama film directed, co-written and co-produced by Nabil Ayouch from a screenplay he wrote with Maryam Touzani.[3] The film stars Nisrin Erradi as a young singer who dreams of becoming a traditional Moroccan folk singer and moving to Casablanca for greater recognition and a better life for her son.[4] It is a co-production between Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway.[1]
The film had its world premiere in the Cannes Premiere section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2024. It was selected as the Moroccan submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.[5]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Nisrin Erradi as Touda
- Joud Chamihy as Yassine
- Jalila Talemsi as Rkia
- El Moustafa Boutankite as the Violinist
- Lahcen Razzougui as the Lover
Production
[edit | edit source]Nabil Ayouch wrote the film's screenplay with the collaboration of filmmaker and actress Maryam Touzani, who is also his wife.[3] In preparation for her role, Nisrin Erradi trained with professional Sheikhats for a year and a half. She learned to sing, play percussion, dance and speak as they do. Erradi turned down several roles in between shooting to devote herself to the role of Touda.[6]
Everybody Loves Touda was produced by Nabil Ayouch and Amine Benjelloun for the Moroccan company Ali n' Productions along with French company Les Films du Nouveau Monde, in co-production with Velvet Films (Belgium), Snowglobe (Denmark), Viking Film (Netherlands), Staer (Norway), France 3 Cinéma and RTBF (Télévision Belge).[7][8]
Release
[edit | edit source]The film was selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 17 May 2024.[9]
International sales are handled by mk2 Films.[8] The film was set to be released theatrically in France by Ad Vitam on 4 December 2024, but the release date was pushed back to 18 December 2024.[10][11]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Critical response
[edit | edit source]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 8 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of submissions to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Moroccan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
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External links
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