The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni

The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni (Spanish: La vida perra de Juanita Narboni) is a 2005 film directed by Moroccan filmmaker Farida Benlyazid[1][2][3] and based on the novel of the same name by Ángel Vázquez.[4][5][6] It was screened at the National Film Festival in Tangier, as well as the San Sebastian Festival.[7][8]

The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni
La vida perra de Juanita Narboni
Directed byFarida Benlyazid
Written byGerardo Bellod
Based onNovel of the same name by Ángel Vázquez
StarringMariola Fuentes, Salima Benmounem, Lou Doillon, Chete Lera
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
Edited byPablo G. Plant
Music byJorge Arriagada
Production
companies
ZAP Producciones, Tingitania Films
Release date
2005
Running time
101 minutes
Countries
  • Morocco
  • Spain
Languages
  • Moroccan Arabic
  • French
  • Spanish

Synopsis

Juanita, daughter of an English father from Gibraltar and an Andalusian mother, narrates her life story, mirroring the history of Tangier between the forties and seventies of the 20th century, the period of its zenith as well as its decline as a cosmopolitan city. She recounts the stories of her sister Helena; infatuated with freedom; of Esther, her close Moroccan Jewish friend who has helplessly fallen in love with a Muslim, and of Hamruch, her faithful Moroccan maid who is all the family she has left. In the background of these lives, a series of events happens: the Spanish Civil War and the invasion of Tangier, the Second World War, and the arrival of refugees from Europe. Eventually Juanita finds herself alone with Hamruch in her city. After the independence of Morocco in 1956, it is returning to its Arab origins.[9][10][11][12]

Cast

Awards and accolades
  • National Moroccan Film Festival (Tangier 2005)

References
  1. "Martes de Cine... en casa: 'La vida perra de Juanita Narboni´". Fundación Tres Culturas (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. "Cine: La vida perra de Juanita Narboni". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. "Africiné - Juanita de Tanger (La chienne de vie de Juanita Narboni)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. "'La vida perra de Juanita Narboni' de Ángel Vázquez". El Correo (in Spanish). 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  5. "'La vida perra de Juanita Narboni' contra dos historias de amor - cultura - elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  6. Valenzuela, Javier (2002-10-13). "La 'segunda' vida perra de Juanita Narboni". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  7. "Festival de San Sebastián". sansebastianfestival. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  8. "Actividades culturales del Instituto Cervantes". cultura.cervantes.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  9. Hottell, Ruth A.; Pallister, Janis L. (2011-09-16). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-61147-444-2.
  10. Gugler, Josef (2011-01-15). Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72327-6.
  11. Armes, Roy (2018-01-06). Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-03173-0.
  12. Young, Deborah (2005-10-06). "The Wretched Life Of Juanita Narboni". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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