The Barber of the Poor District (Arabic: حلاق درب الفقراء, French: Le coiffeur du quartier des pauvres) is a 1982 Moroccan film directed by Mohamed Reggab[1][2][3][4][5] and adapted from a play of the same title by Youssef Fadel.
[7] It was screened at the first edition of the National Film Festival in Rabat, where it received as a special mention[1][8] and the 10th edition of the National Film Festival (December 13–20, 2008 in Tangier) as part of a series on Moroccan classics.
[11][12] The debts incurred for the production of his sole feature film led to Reggab being imprisoned.
Hmida is unemployed but spirited, while Miloud is nervous and desperate about his friend's illicit activities.
When a wealthy entrepreneur who rules the neighborhood manages to evict the barber and his wife from their salon to build a Quranic school, Hmida urges his friend to react.