A Prayer for the Absent
# A Prayer for the Absent

The Absent's Prayer (Arabic: صلاة الغيب, French: La prière de l'absent) is a 1995 Moroccan film. It is an adaptation by director Hamid Bénani, of the novel of the same name by Tahar Ben Jelloun.

## Synopsis

After having lived an idle life devoted to literary passions, and following serious emotional and family conflicts, Mokhtar, who has become amnesiac, undertakes an initiatory journey to Morocco during which he rediscovers the character of his past and his entire memory.

## Cast

* Hamid Basket
* Saâdia Azagoun
* Abdelkebir Rguegda
* Khadija Farahi
* Ahmed Tayeb Laalej
* Tayeb Saddiki
