The Mother of All Lies review – pursuing the truth of Morocco’s brutal dictatorship years

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Asmae El Moudir employs a delicate mix of handmade replicas and oral testimony to brilliantly evoke personal and collective trauma Between those who refuse to remember and those who struggle to forget, a tumultuous clash of minds occupies the centre of Asmae El Moudir’s inventive documentary, a prize-winner at last year’s Cannes film festival. Through a constellation of clay figurines and dollhouse-style miniature sets, most of which were constructed by El Moudir’s father, the director recreates her oppressive childhood in the Sebata district of Casablanca. Under the watchful eyes of her domineering grandmother Zahra, all personal photos are banished from the house, save for a picture of King Hassan II. The delicate mix of handmade replicas and oral testimony brilliantly evokes the personal and collective trauma that stem from Morocco’s “Years of Lead” – a period of state brutality under Hassan II’s dictatorial rule. Lingering on the nimble fingers of El Moudir’s father as he puts t
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League wins an Oscar thanks to the public

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The feature film won an Oscar for "Audience Favorite Moment" on Spider-Man: No way Home and Avengers: Endgame. Zack Snyder's Justice League has become a timeless movie. Since before its "birth," it was already a work that fans were crying out for from the very moment that Joss Whedon released his version of the film in 2017 after the person's departure in charge of Watchmen due to personal and family reasons. The DC Comics universe may have decided to reboot into the cinematic realm, but it's clear that Snyder's stamp is eternal. This year the audience at the 2022 Oscars was allowed to participate with a couple of prizes, and Snyder has been postulated as a filmmaker extremely loved by the stalls since both Army of the Dead and his Justice League have taken a statuette. The first is the most popular film, and the second receives the "Audience Favorite Moment" award for showing Flash's speed in the final stages of the film. That Flash moment has surpassed the meeting of the three Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the moment in which the Avengers meet to finish off Thanos in Endgame, one of the most relevant films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The most voted moments were the following: The Matrix (1999) - Neo dodging bullets Dreamgirls (2006) - Effie White singing "I'm Telling You." Avengers: Endgame (2019) - The Avengers unite to defeat Thanos Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) - Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland together. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) - Flash displays his maximum speed. Zack Snyder's stamp remains unique in the industry, and he is one of the few filmmakers who has a gigantic wave of haters and, at the same time, followers. His next project, Rebel Moon, will be released in 2023. The 2022 Oscars, as you well know, have been overshadowed by a slap that Will Smith has given to Chris Rock after the comic made a joke regarding the alopecia suffered by the wife of the protagonist of The Prince Bel-Air. The networks have caught fire, and the reasons why Smith reacted in this way have even been sought (the actor's support has had from other colleagues after starring at that moment has even been detailed ). It seems that Rock, for now, will not denounce Smith for the slap, but it is clear that the actor's career is now in check.

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