A Prayer for the Absent
1995, French. Directed by Hamid Benani.
In Morocco, during the resistance and struggle for independence in the 1950s, Mokhtar, a cultured young man from a middle-class family in Fez, is the unwitting cause of Yamna's downfall, and she must pay a high price to regain her dignity and freedom.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 2 January 1995
- Original title
- La prière de l'absent
- Country
- France, Morocco
- Written by
- Hamid Benani, Mohamed Kaghat, Mohamed Tazi
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A Prayer for the Absent runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Which OTT platform is A Prayer for the Absent on?
A Prayer for the Absent isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1995. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Prayer for the Absent?
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Who directed A Prayer for the Absent?
A Prayer for the Absent (1995) was directed by Hamid Benani and stars Saadia Azgoun, Hamid Basket, Ahmed Tayeb Laalej.