Goldfishes
Hayat is released after serving a long prison sentence.She returns to her hometown in northern Morocco, where she finds herself faced with a brother who refuses to welcome her for fear of shame.Hayat merely wishes to see her son so she can explain the truth to him.
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
1 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Hayat is released after serving a long prison sentence. She returns to her hometown in northern Morocco, where she finds herself faced with a brother who refuses to welcome her for fear of shame. Hayat merely wishes to see her son so she can explain the truth to him. She meets Amal, who works in a fruit factory and takes care of Houda, her sister who is two years her junior and suffers from a severe disability. The courage and strength of these three women drives them forward in the face of exclusion, exploitation and marginalization.
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
Checking regional listings…
The numbers
Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $380,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- —
- Release date
- Nov 16, 2022
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Arabic
- Country
- Morocco
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
