For Bread Alone
The true story of Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri, who grew up in poverty and illiteracy, with a violent father and a submissive mother who was the family's sole source of support.


Young Mohamed Choukri

Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)
Mohamed Choukri (6 years old)
Taferseti

Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)
Haddou (Mohamed's father)
Sallafa (bald woman)

Kabil (smuggler)

Ali

Harrouda (prostitute)

Bushra (deaf-mute)
The Spaniard

Boualem (cafe owner)
Prison guard

Abdelmalek (the scribe)

Marwani (the revolutionary)
Assia (girl in the garden)
Prostitute 2
Rhimou (Mohamed's little sister)
Student