Bouchra

An intimate, reflective animated diary that blends phone calls, memory and metafiction into a tender, quietly funny reckoning with identity and family.

Directed by

Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki

Genres

Animation, Drama, Comedy

Starring

Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki, Fayçal Azizi

Tagline

"What's on your heart?"

Overview

Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist, the rift in her cultural identity and an array of romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning becomes her path to expression.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic, warm and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Identity, family, art, sexuality

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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