Tangier National Film Festival: "Half a Heaven" opens the feature film competition

In the official selection of this 16th edition, whose work continues until 28 February, "Half a Heaven" by Abdelkader Lagtaâ opened the feature film competition. This film, produced in 2014, highlights the suffering of the families of political prisoners of the 70s, as well as their long fight for the liberation of their loved ones. To well describe this part of Morocco's history, Abdelkader Lagtaâ set his sights on the autobiographical book "The Aloe Liqueur" by Jocelyne Laâbi, from which this 102-minute film is drawn. "Half a Heaven" begins with the wave of arrests that occurred in 1972 in the ranks of political opponents, in particular those of the clandestine far-left movement "Ila Al Amame" (Forward). Among the most famous of them: the poet and writer Abdellatif Laâbi. The latter, whose character is played by the young artist Anas El Baz, was in the crosshairs well before the crea…