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Abderrahim Bargache - Actor
"I didn't go to the bar, Le bar came to me.
Hassan Ben Jalloun asked me to play the part and I said yes. I trust him and I can always be sure that if he asks me to do a role, it means I'm right for the part.
Usually when you don't know the director you ask to read the script before deciding whether to play the part.
I play a Hakham * in the Bjaâd region who is going to be one of a wave of immigrants organized by the Israeli State.
Since I really grasped what the part is about, I have had many discussions with Hassan Ben Jalloun, the writer and director.
My approach to the character was like that of any actor who reads the part, tries to place his character in the story, his rapport with the other characters, and play him as well as he can."
- Hakham or Chacham (Hebrew חכם, literally "wise") is usually a word or title that refers to one who is a great Torah scholar. It carries the connotation of a sage or someone renowned for his wisdom and understanding.
In Muslim countries, a rabbi was often called a hakham because al-Rab in Arabic was one of the names of God and may have caused offense due to misunderstanding, and the attendant blasphemy trials and potential pogroms were feared. Thus the chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire was called the Hakham Baši
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