Type:
Feature Film
Director:
Jacques Doillon
Year:
2003
Time:
112 minutes
Produced by:
Margaret Menegoz, Souad Lamriki & Benedicte Bellocq
Written by:
Jacques Doillon
Edited by:
Gladys Joujou
Language:
French & Moroccan Arabic w/ English subtitles
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Winner! Best Actress
- Marrakech Int'l Film Festival, 2003
Winner! French Culture Award
- Cannes Film Festival, 2004
"What distinguishes RAJA from every other movie to contemplate the treacherous intersection of passion, avarice and power is its unsettling emotional honesty."
- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
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Raja is a nineteen year old orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush gardens and palm trees. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Marrakech, Raja is a cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's complex relationship with this poor local girl. Fred's attempts to seduce Raja, and their mutual attempts at manipulation, are fractured by their gross disparity of income, age and cultural sophistication.
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