Abdellah Didane Movies

Based on the real life of star Dida Diafat, Chok Dee: The Kickboxer relates the tale of how Diafat learned his remarkable fighting skills. While imprisoned, Diafat came under the training of a Thai Boxing expert. At his mentor's urging, Diafat attempts to join a school that teaches an even more impressive form of the discipline, but there he must prove his worth. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

The nomadic life of Moroccan carnival performers forms the basis of this debut from director Daoud Aoulad-Syad. Rabi (Abdellah Didane), a female impersonator who dances with traveling fairs, teams up with Kacem (Hassen Essaklli), who hires him to ballyhoo his gambling concession. While Rabi's lack of romantic interest in women befuddles Kacem's son (Med Bastaoui), he does strike up a friendship with a schoolteacher (Nezha Rahile), who in her way is as much of a misfit as Rabi. Deliberately paced, Adieu Forain is dominated by the stark beauty of life at the side of the Moroccan highway. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi