MUCH LOVED
Nabil Ayouch

O.V. Arabic

Few films come from Morocco, and fewer still with Much Loved’s notoriety: this is anything but an exotic postcard. Nabil Ayouch, in telling the story of four prostitutes in present-day Marrakech, has gone all-in on raw, realist cinema. He approached his taboo subject by doing in-depth research, followed by careful, non-judgmental, emotionally rich and even funny observation. For his trouble, he was subjected to immediate and total censorship. To the Western eye, Moroccan society —...