Product Details

• Format: Import, NTSC
• Subtitles: French
• Number of tapes: 1.0
• Run Time: 100.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0009ZFCSQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #677,589 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor - when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib's gang. Matters are getting serious.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Touching film on the lives of street kids, August 3, 2011

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K. Gordon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ali Zaoua - prince de la rue (VHS Tape)

A variation on Hector Babenco's great 'Pixote', this follows the same theme
of abandoned street kids in Latin America, being played by real street
kids.

But "Ali" is much less gritty and naturalistic in style, if not story.
Beautiful widescreen photography, some playful animated moments, and a
slightly less despairing feel (although it's still pretty dark).

A young street boy is killed, and his friends try to figure out how to
get him properly buried, while fending off attacks from the local
street gang, finding the boy's mother, etc.

Very well acted for the most part, and has it's share of touching,
heartbreaking moments. But it also feels manipulative and 'moviesh' at
others. Certainly a good film, if not quite at the amazing level of it's
ancestors.