For Bread Alone

The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.

Drama

Saïd Taghmaoui

(Young Mohamed Choukri)

Fayçal Zeghadi

(Mohamed Choukri (13 years old))

Billal Lahsini

(Mohamed Choukri (6 years old))

Karim Benhadj

(Taferseti)

Sanaa Alaoui

(Mimouna (Mohamed's mother))

David Halevim

(Haddou (Mohamed's father))

Marzia Tedeschi

(Sallafa (bald woman))

Ahmed El Kouraichi

(Kabil (smuggler))

Jamil Hammoudi

(Ali)

Francesca Codispoti

(Harrouda (prostitute))

Giovanna Ria

(Bushra (deaf-mute))

Josè Dell'Abbiato

(The Spaniard)

Armando De Razza

(Boualem (cafe owner))

Daniel Ducruet

(Prison guard)

Hamid Basket

(Abdelmalek (the scribe))

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

(Marwani (the revolutionary))

Simona Manganaro

(Assia (girl in the garden))

Sandra Loredana Cristiano

(Prostitute 2)

Ilaria De Laurentiis

(Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister))

Aida Ben Barka

(Student)