Raja

Name: Raja
Genre: Drama
Released: March 26, 2004
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 74

2004

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Film Movement | Release Date: March 26, 2004

Summary: Shot entirely in Morocco and Marrakech, Raja is the story of a beautiful young Moroccan woman living on the streets.

Director: Jacques Doillon

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 112 min

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David Sterritt

Subtle filmmaking and true-as-life acting make this an acute psychological drama with an engrossing sociological subtext. It stands with Doillon's best work. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

Doillon never lets his characters slide into cliche. They act and react from a wealth of contradictory impulses and long-standing prejudices in this masterful tale of frustrated desire. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Even without all the other complications, Doillon's handling of the language gap alone gives Raja a pungent dramatic edge. Read full review

David Stratton

Intriguing, provocative and very well acted. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

What begins as a sorry exercise in cynical seduction becomes a case of amour fou. Read full review

J. Hoberman

It plays out as an unsettling solipsistic love story--an account of erotic obsession with a family relation to "Of Human Bondage." Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Raja, which is basically a dark comedy about how this odd couple manipulate each other, is extremely well acted, though the direction by Jacques Doillon is on the leisurely side. Read full review

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76	#76 Best Movie of 2004

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