Amok (1983 film)

Amok
Film poster
Directed bySouheil Ben-Barka
Written byMichel Constantin
François Rabaté
Souheil Ben-Barka
StarringRobert Liensol
CinematographyGirolamo La Rosa
Music byMiriam Makeba
Release date
  • 13 July 1983 (1983-07-13)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesMorocco
Guinea
Senegal
LanguageFrench

Amok is a 1983 Moroccan drama film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka. It won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. Borrowing heavily of Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country but putting the action in the context of the Soweto uprising, it tells the initiating journey of an old teacher from a backward Natal village to the conflict-ridden modern Johannesburg.