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Bouchra, a 35-year-old Moroccan coyote in New York, documents her long-distance relationship with her mother in Casablanca, as they explore together the love, pain and secrets that unite them through calls and intimate conversations.

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Murtada Elfadl

Variety

Jun 30

With animation as a protective veil and real voices bringing intimacy, “Bouchra” carves a unique spot for itself, successfully blending these elements to make a poignant and resonant story.

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Juan Barquin

RogerEbert.com

Jun 26

3.5/4

For all the ways it hits the beats of traditional queer and diaspora narratives, ‘Bouchra’ never comes across as reductive in its portrayal of the relationship between mother and daughter or the dynamics within divergent cultures

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

Jun 25

.Some of the character designs are more zoologically legible than others, but these are not Disneyesque cute and fuzzies. They're different, at least outwardly. They are also, alas, not all that interesting.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Jun 26

2.5/4

It is such subtle and personal material ... that the entire execution of Bouchra doesn't quite match it.

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André Hereford

Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Jun 24

4/5

Even in this starkly non-human world, the characters’ humanity comes across vividly, in their laughter, and their dancing, whether they’re unloading their feelings or avoiding them.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Jun 22

An audacious and visually stylish, but emotionally cold animated documentary and fiction hybrid.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 26

Success in 1 hour and 23 minutes. In Arabic with English subtitles.

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Bouchra, a 35-year-old Moroccan coyote in New York, documents her long-distance relationship with her mother in Casablanca, as they explore together the love, pain and secrets that unite them through calls and intimate conversations.

Director: Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani
Producer: Fondazione Prada, John Michael Boling, Jason Coombs
Screenwriter: Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani, Ayla Mrabet
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: 2 Lizards Production, Hi Production, Fondazione Prada
Genre: Drama, Animation
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 26, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 21, 2026
Runtime: 1h 23m