The rebellious son of a Koranic lawyer defies his father’s expectations and his community’s repressive traditional mores in [this] sensual, Casablanca-set drama… from director/co-scripter Abdelhaï Laraki… With the combo of food and sex a proven recipe… this handsomely crafted tale of a butcher and his taboo passions was Morocco’s 2011 box office champ…—Variety