The Great Journey
الرحلة الكبرى
Ismaël Ferroukhi's film about a Moroccan father who makes his French son drive him from France to Mecca for the hajj — the classic fictional hajj road movie.
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbelcinema
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Sacred space and pilgrimageFamily, marriage and kinshipRefugees, migrants and diaspora
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 2004 CE · 1425 AH†
- Countries
- FR · MA
- Languages
- fr (original) · ar (original)
- Approach
- drama of Muslim life
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Le Grand Voyageالرحلة الكبرىThe Great Journey
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Features
- Nicolas Cazalé· Mohamed Majd· Jacky Nercessian· Kiril Kavadarkov· Nihat Nikerel· Roxane Mesquida· Kamel Belghazi
- Directed by
- Ismaël Ferroukhi
- Written by
- Ismaël Ferroukhi
People and things also explored
The Arabs and their peoples before Islam· The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar· The Settlement of Hajar and Ismail at Mecca· Judham· Kinda· Tayy· Imran ibn Amr Muzayqiya· Jafna ibn Amr
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Great Journey”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-rihla-al-kubra-2004/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.